CHESAPEAKE — It’s exercise for the body and the spirit. That could be a way to describe two special events at Chesapeake Middle School.

For the body, last week the school participated in G.Y.M. Day or Get Yourself Moving Day during a pep rally and boys’ basketball game. There students and teachers ran relays; went through obstacle courses on the gym floor between games; and had a hula hoop contest. There was also a Zumba demonstration. All was done with the purpose of promoting wellness and exercise.

“It went over really well and we got our message out,” Cecili Nida, Chesapeake Middle School health and physical education teacher, said.

Since school began, Nida has organized a number of events focusing on promoting good nutrition and healthy living habits.

Also part of fostering good exercise habits is the school’s Walking Club that meets Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays for a half-hour after school. Started in September the club either takes laps around the track if weather permits or on a designated route throughout the building. Anyone interested can join at any time.

In the spring Nida is planning a walk-a-thon with the proceeds going to a charity and a Roll With It where participants can take their bike, scooter, roller blades or anything with wheels through an obstacle course set up on the school campus.

Coupled with that has been the weeklong “Random Acts of Kindness,” where students have been encouraged to do a good deed. It is the brainchild of Heather Schwamberger, the school’s counselor. It follows a fall program that focused on an anti-bullying curriculum.

Kind acts can range from taking out the garbage for the next-door neighbor to carrying books for another. The acts and the names of the children who perform them are posted on a hall bulletin board and announced over the school’s public address system.

“I think it will help make them better adults, better able to get along in society,” Schwamberger said.