Every kid has what it takes. But many kids in communities face challenges that negatively impact their education experience, classroom resources and culture, physical and mental health, personal development, and academic achievement.

To help ensure every child has an opportunity to reach their potential, Classroom Champions work in partnership with teachers and local education districts to connect Olympians, Paralympians, Hopefuls, College Student-Athletes, and Pro Football Players with students in grades K-8.

They provide a new kind of mentorship that scales to provide students a voice, they engage and inspire them to develop the critical social-emotional skills research shows they need for success both in, and out, of the classroom.

Skeleton is a winter sliding sport in which a person rides a small sled, known as a skeleton bobsled), down a frozen track while lying face down and head-first. Unlike other sliding sports of bobsleigh and luge, the race always involves single riders. The race begins with a running start from the opening gate at the top of the course. The skeleton sled is thinner and heavier than the luge sled, plus skeleton gives the rider more control making it safer than luge. Skeleton is the slowest of the three sliding sports, as skeleton's race down head-first and can go up to 140 km/h per hour.

Mr. Hayes class at Hillcrest has been mentored by Skeleton racer Madison Charney, "I am here with Mr. Hayes class I have been a mentor for them over this last year, I was lucky enough to have them chosen as one of my classes. Mr. Hayes has been an awesome teacher to work with so we just provide leadership every month on different goals, that we teach to the classroom and provide examples. And then give them the challenge to do with each goal."

Jane Chanel also a Skeleton Olympian joined the class and shared from her perspective what they do, "We are apart of classroom champions and we are in town doing classroom visits, and all year we have been making videos per month on topics like goal setting, perseverance, diversity, community, and a couple of other topics. We give them challenges at the end of the month and then get to come out and visit them, check how they are doing and it's such a blast its so much fun."

The kids loved every moment and they were even involved in their own race that took place through the hallway at the school.