Since the 1990s, District 200 schools have participated in the Jump Rope for Heart program, with students soliciting pledges based upon their time spent jumping.  The program was integrated with activity and fitness goals from the physical education curriculum, and supervised by PE teachers who worked with Heart Association representatives to collect and log the pledge money.  In addition, D200 schools have supplemented the rope jumping with additional activities like learning about healthy snacks, trying a yoga class, or working with the school nurse to learn about the human heart and how it functions.  In recent years, the program in D200 has grown beyond the gym walls to include adult staff members who have generously pledged donations in support of the Heart Association's "Go Red Day," sporting "Go Red!" t-shirts, holding "heart healthy" luncheons, and challenging each other to reach healthy diet and fitness goals.