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STUDENTS FROM ENDEAVOUR INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL PARTICIPATED IN A WORLD-RECORD SPEED-STACKING EVENT ON NOV. 12.
Students at Endeavour Interme-diate School in Milton have a new achievement to boast about these days.
On Nov. 12, members of the school’s “speed stacking” club and several other physical education students joined the World Sport Stacking Association in an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for most cups stacked in a single day.
Henry Rivera, Endeavour P.E. teacher and speed stacking extraordinaire, feels proud his second through fifth-grade students were able to participate in this historic event.
“The kids were really excited. It’s an honor they were involved,” Rivera said.
The guidelines for the world record challenge were simple. Each participant had 30 minutes to stack as many cups as possible. Seems easy enough, until you realize the number of cups that broke the last record – 222,560 – by more than 1,300 participants.
This year’s goal is 250,000 with the help of nearly 1,500 participants from 13 countries.
Rivera has been involved in the sport for several years. His daughter is the state record holder in speed stacking for her age group. He says this activity has the potential to boost his students’ confidence, gain better hand-eye coordination and have a fun time.
“The success is what I was looking for. This sport builds success in my students.”
One of his students, fourth grader Nina Lodahl, could not agree more.
“It makes you feel
more confident,” Lodahl said.
The sport itself has been gaining worldwide notoriety by more than 30,000 schools and youth organizations around the globe. Sport stacking tournaments are being held all over the world and some are even televised on ESPN sports channels.
Rivera encourages the sport at his school as a way to break the mold of traditional P.E. classroom activities. He explained that although his students still play more traditional sports during his classes, it is these more niche activities (Rivera also teaches his students how to unicycle) that
encourage students on the fringes to get more involved.
“I want to set my students up for success when they leave my classroom,” Rivera said.
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