Lee Elementary is known to Thornapple Kellogg students as “the school where you get to do Jump Rope for Heart.” It’s a crazy, loud, happy time where second- and third-graders jump rope in the gym all day while parents and family members watch.
More than $27,000 was raised for the American Heart Association by this year’s event. Classrooms rotate throughout the day, with each doing an hour of jumping. Physical education teacher JoAnne Desy has directed the event since it started more than 20 years ago.
