CV Hills Elem Electrifies Chargers, earns ‘NFL Play 60 Super School’ award and $10,000 grant for health and wellness.

The National Football League named Chula Vista Hills Elementary an ‘NFL Play 60 Super School.’ The school was awarded a $10,000 grant to support students’ health and wellness. Chargers players Nick Hardwick and Luis Castillo (pictured) presented the check at a spirited assembly on Tuesday, October 26, that prompted the Chargers players and cheerleaders to say they had never been more warmly received. The players and cheerleaders then joined school staff in leading students in fitness activities. Just about every one of the school’s 539 students was adorned in Chargers blue and gold jerseys or NFL t-shirts. Parents were cheering just as loudly as the students, “Let’s go Char-Gers!”

The NFL’s PLAY 60 campaign encourages youth to get 60 minutes of exercise a day and lead a healthy lifestyle. The school plans to use the grant to help with a proposed track renovation, which could include fitness stations at various points along the track.

“We applied for this grant by sponsoring an all school fitness field day called ‘Back to Football Friday,’ ” Principal Monica Sorenson said. “The teachers worked very hard and all students participated. We did this in coordination with Child Nutrition Services, which provided an ‘A-Z Salad Bar’ on the preceding day in our efforts to promote good nutrition. The overall event was a great success because the students were so enthusiastic about participating.”

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