Moss Side Middle School Students Join Global Exercise Effort

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Over 600 students, faculty, and staff at Moss Side Middle School danced non-stop for 30 minutes in May as part of Project ACES, a global initiative to turn kids on to exercise.
Labeled as “the world’s largest exercise class” millions of children from all over the world will exercise together simultaneously to promote proper health and fitness habits.
With the obesity epidemic facing the youth of the world, children’s fitness plays a major role in fighting heart disease and other illnesses. ACES stands for All Children Exercise Simultaneously.
The event typically takes place on the first Wednesday in May as part of National Physical Fitness and Sports Month along with National Physical Education Week.
ACES grew out of a 1989 letter-writing campaign by Len Saunders, a New Jersey physical education teacher, proposing that students in at least one school in every state start exercising at the same moment. This year, millions of students in all 50 states, as well as over 50 countries, participated in the event.
The Project is supported by The President’s Council on Physical Fitness & Sports (PCPFS), and the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance(AAHPERD).
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