Live It!

Beginning the week of March 5th, all lower school students began wearing "Stepometers" to record the number of steps taken each day. The Stepometer is a small plastic, battery-operated device that attaches to a belt much like a pedometer. If a child accumulated 10,000 steps per day, he or she was rewarded with a prize. Sounds like a lot of steps, right? Maybe not. Traversing the length of the Short Hills Mall and back earned this writer 6,000 steps! Maybe shopping is not so bad for health after all!

Posters advertising the benefits of good nutrition and exercise adorned the walls and were displayed in the cafeteria. An assembly featuring a presentation entitled "Jack Sprat" prepared the children the week before. Was there an outstanding stepometer total for a particular day? Stay tuned.