The troupe then performs their routines for various local and state organizations. Description of Sutton Jumpers To be a Sutton Jumper the students agree to come to practice before school, to be at practice regularly, and to work together as a team. The Jump Band unit is part of the physical education curriculum at Sutton for grades 3-5. First and second graders do lead up activities involving tinikling sticks. To clarify, Jump Bands is a rhythmic activity that resembles Tinikling.
Dancers move in and out of the bands using a variety of steps or movements.
These steps or movements are put together into a routine. Interested 4th and 5th graders may join the Sutton Jumpers Troupe . The troupe practices in the morning before school starts. Typically our total number of participants has been between 35 and 50 students in the five years I have done this. The culminating activity for the troupe is a performance at another organization.