Washougal — Students at Gause Elementary School raised more than $9,300 for the American Heart Association through participation in the Jump Rope for Heart fundraiser on March 9.
Students collected donations from parents, family and friends, and some even used their own money to support the fundraiser.
Addison Curtis in Jocelyn Pratt’s first-grade class raised the most money, collecting $1,105. Cecilia Goodling’s kindergarten class had the highest percentage of donation envelopes turned in, and were rewarded with the chance to shoot aerosol string at Principal Renae Burson and Mark Bauer, the school’s physical education teacher, on May 3.
For the month of February, students practiced jump roping for 10 minutes every day, and on the day of Jump Rope for Heart, students rotated through six jumping stations for five minutes each, jumping a total of 30 minutes by the end.
