School division attempts planking record Poll Yes By Greg Bobinec on February 3, 2021. Herald photo by Greg Bobinec
Lethbridge School Division attempted to unoffically break the world record for a simultaneous one-minute plank, with around 3,000 students and staff participating, Tuesday morning. @GBobinecHerald Lethbridge School Division attempted to unofficially break the world record for a simultaneous one-minute plank, Tuesday morning. Every month, Lethbridge School Division works with a theme of health and wellness to bring some activity into the lives of students and staff. This month, around 3,000 participants worked on their planking to participate in the simultaneous challenge. “Every month in our school division we have a theme with health and wellness, as you know the pandemic has been hard for all of us, and this last month in January we have been working on planking,” says Morag Asquith, associate superintendent of Lethbridge School Division. “we are making an effort to crack those Christmas blah’s and break a world record, unofficially of course because we can’t all simultaneously do it together but at 11 a.m. today, Lethbridge School Division is encouraging everyone to plank for a minute, of course there is different levels of ability, but just getting kids moving, getting them outside, as well as with our staff, it is just great for our wellness.”