Slime and CPR

COEUR d’ALENE — Anticipation was in the air at Ramsey Magnet School of Science on Friday afternoon. 

Slime was soon to follow.

Kids waited patiently to see their principal and physical education teacher being coated with sticky green goo, but their excitement was hard to contain as science awards were handed out following the school science fair.

Principal Crystal Silvers said it was a distraction knowing the sliming was moments away.

“It’s daunting,” Silvers said.

It was all a part of a school goal to participate in Finn’s Mission through the American Heart Association. 

Physical education teacher Steven Blee and Silvers made a deal with students that if more than 100 students signed up for the challenge and at least 18 completed Finn’s Mission or fundraised $5,000 for the American Heart Association, they would get slimed in front of the whole school.

The school raised $5,742.98, with 106 students pitching in. This marked Ramsey’s 25th year participating in the American Heart Association’s Kids Heart Challenge fundraiser. 

Finn is a congenital heart defect survivor inspiring schools to learn hands-only CPR and learn about the warning signs of a stroke. 

“It’s a highlight of the week and just a fun way to celebrate their work,” Silvers said of students rising to the occasion and earning the slime-filled spectacle.

Blee said he was “stoked they were very motivated and excited to accomplish the program,” but he was nervous about being in ooze.

“It’s my first sliming,” Blee said.

Former Ramsey P.E. teacher Trena Burt joined Assistant Principal Austin Hoyer in dumping the goop on Silvers and Blee.

“I would have done it quickly so it all fell on their heads,” one student said.

Third grader Elizabeth Jacobs pretended to hug her newly green principal.

“I think they did great,” Jacobs said.

In total, 30 families learned hands-only CPR and 20 students completed Finn’s Mission. 

The American Heart Association teamed up with the NFL to add incentives to the CPR initiative. Students who completed Finn’s Mission earned an entry for two tickets to Super Bowl LIX in 2025. 

With 20 students completing the CPR mission, Ramsey was also entered into a drawing to receive a $10,000 fitness equipment makeover. 

    Students yell excitedly moments before they watch their principal and physical education teacher get slimed during a student assembly.
  

    Steven Blee earns a laugh and playful cries of "boo" from the student assembly Friday as he pretends to enact a plan to deflect the slime from him and Principal Crystal Silvers.
  

    Cheers erupt as the Ramsey Magnet School of Science staff are covered in slime as a reward for students learning about CPR.