The members of the rock band The Who were certainly right when they sang their song “The Kids Are Alright.”

For decades the Little Egg Harbor School District has been participating in something called the American Heart Challenge, previously, and still commonly, known as “Jump Rope for Heart,” a program of the American Heart Association in conjunction with the Society of Health and Physical Educators (SHAPE).

The program, overseen at the LEHSD by the district’s P.E. staff, has several goals.