![]() “We try to switch it up and gear it toward charity cases we have in our school,” Miller told The Times. Ahead of the event, all Eleanor Roosevelt students got involved by bringing in canned goods, which will be donated to the Bucks County Emergency Homeless Shelter in Levittown, and coins, which will go to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. In neat rows were four boxes packed with food, and four water cooler jugs filled with coins, each decorated by one of the participating teams. After a performance by the school’s pep band, Miller, who served as announcer for the Super Duper Bowl, brought everyone’s attention to the side of the stage. Their energy was ear-shattering as they chanted for their favorite teams while brandishing handcrafted posters into the air. Keeping up with tradition, children in grades K-4 convened in the gymnasium at 2 p.m. “Everybody wants to be a fifth grader.” Samantha Bambino / Times Photo “It’s a rite of passage,” said principal Lisa Follman on partaking in the Super Duper Bowl. Not only did they gain valuable lessons in good sportsmanship and fair play, they served as inspirations to the younger students. Over the past several weeks, the students have been practicing and facing each other during recess, oftentimes braving cold and muddy conditions. Each year, the event pits the fifth-grade homerooms of teachers Jason Miller, Roger Kean, Joseph Melnick and Arlene Toledano in a friendly flag football tournament, with the winning team earning a massive trophy and year of bragging rights. ![]() 4 at the school, located at 185 Walton Drive in Falls Township. ![]() This was the ninth annual Super Duper Bowl, which took place on the afternoon of Monday, Feb. Energy and excitement radiated from the crowd, touchdowns were scored minutes into the first quarter, and friendly creatures, including a robot and gorilla, ran rampant. Unlike Super Bowl LIII, which saw an underwhelming squareoff between the Patriots and Rams (and the rise of memes inspired by shirtless Adam Levine), the game that recently took place at Eleanor Roosevelt Elementary was far from a snoozefest. ![]()
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