Educators in the Belleville and New Glarus School Districts already understand the importance of collaboration, teamwork, motivation, fitness and sportsmanship. In an effort to put those characteristics further into practice and model for our students, the districts have come together for a Winter/Spring Fitness Challenge.

The idea came from Bob Gentilli, a teacher from Belleville and the Sugar River Raiders Boys Soccer Coach. Mr. Gentilli set up the rules for the challenge in which members from both schools would log their minutes of activity and record them on a shared spreadsheet. The...