Recess Boosts Kids' Grades
Children who get more exercise also tend to do better in school, whether the exercise comes as recess, physical education classes or getting exercise on the way to school, according to an international study.
Kids at Piper High School in Floridatossed pies, served spaghetti and walked miles to raise nickels, dimes and quarters -- enough to build 11 schools in Kenya.
They tossed pies, served spaghetti and walked miles to raise nickels, dimes and quarters.
It added up to $93,450 — enough to build 11 schools in Kenya.
"Can I just say, oh my gosh," Marc Kielburger, chief executive director of the Free the Children organization, told the Miami Herald. "I'm speechless."
Kielburger, who attending a celebration at Piper High School on Thursday, said that when Broward students first started raising money last year, he had hoped for enough to build just one school.
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