A team of 26 girls from Stafford Township Intermediate School has registered to participate in the Seven Bridges Road 5K on April 29. The fifth- and sixth-graders belong to an after-school program called Girls Helping Girls, which meets twice a week and focuses on the link between physical education and self-esteem.

Girls Helping Girls was created by two fifth-grade teachers, math and science teacher Jennifer Martin and language arts and social studies teacher Jessica Perry, with the aim to…