MoveYourBodyMay2011CDS

VIDEO] By Dalia Colón -

Here's a mental health break that'll get your toes tapping. In honor of the last day of classes, students at Carrollwood Day School in Tampa flooded the football field to dance in summer vacation.

Hundreds of elementary- and middle-schoolers (and a few of their parents and teachers) performed the official routine for Let's Move, First Lady Michelle Obama's anti-childhood obesity campaign. The dance is set to Beyoncé's Move Your Body.

The kids practiced for a month under the direction of music teacher Anissa Ruiz. "The point is to keep them moving," said Ruiz, who's also a part-time Zumba fitness instructor. "They don't have to be perfect in the dance. We just want them moving and grooving."

Carrollwood Day School was unable to participate in the nationwide Let's Move flash workout on May 3. As part of the school's efforts to promote health, the fifth graders recently completed a project on obesity.

What song gets you moving?

This reporter can be reached at daliacolon@wusf.org.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• michelle obama
• beyonce
• move your body
• flash workout
• carrollwood day school
• flash mob
• fitness
• childhood obesity
• dancing
• fun

[JennyMcCormick26]

This is amazing! I love the teacher in the bright orange shirt! She is killin it!

[anissamr]

@JennyMcCormick26 awesome!  that's the OTHER music teacher at my school. She had fun with it. ;o) Thanks again!

[AwesomePianoMan1]

Go Mrs. Lisi!

[Sunnysashka]

SOOOOOO MOVING!!!!!!!!!!!

[zumbawillow]

AMAZING JOB!! What a great way to get the kids moving, loved every second of it!