Dance with class

Dance partners Alisha Carter and Michael Gredler wait with other fifth-graders from Pittsburgh Montessori before the Final Team Match of Dancing Classrooms Pittsburgh at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall on Wednesday, May 16, 2018 in Oakland. The program of Mercy Community Health was introduced in 2009 and over 6,000 children have gone through the program. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
Fifth-graders from Sister Thea Bowman Catholic Academy, from left, Ariah Morton, Shane Carter and Story Diaz, wait in the hallway before competing in the Final Team Match of Dancing Classrooms Pittsburgh at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall on Wednesday, May 16, 2018 in Oakland. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)

 

Pittsburgh Westwood fifth-graders, Ahjah Reed and Michael Morocho, wait to be introduced before competing in the Final Team Match of Dancing Classrooms Pittsburgh at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall on Wednesday, May 16, 2018 in Oakland. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)

 

Pittsburgh fifth-grade students from 10 schools on stage before the Final Team Match of Dancing Classrooms Pittsburgh at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall on Wednesday, May 16, 2018 in Oakland. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)

 

Fifth-grade students from Pittsburgh Brookline compete in the Final Team Match of Dancing Classrooms Pittsburgh at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall on Wednesday, May 16, 2018 in Oakland. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)

 

Community Day School fifth-grade students, Samuel Tarr, 11, and Lily Feinman, 11, compete in the Final Team Match of Dancing Classrooms Pittsburgh at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall on Wednesday, May 16, 2018 in Oakland. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)

 

Community Day School fifth-grade students, Samuel Tarr, 11, and Lily Feinman, 11, compete in the Final Team Match of Dancing Classrooms Pittsburgh at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall on Wednesday, May 16, 2018 in Oakland. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)

 

Community Day School fifth-grade students, Jay Ross-Szczypinski, 10, and Hannah Adelson, 10, compete in the Final Team Match of Dancing Classrooms Pittsburgh at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall on Wednesday, May 16, 2018 in Oakland. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)

 

Fifth-grade students from Community Day School celebrate after winning the gold medal during the Final Team Match of Dancing Classrooms Pittsburgh at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall on Wednesday, May 16, 2018 in Oakland. This was the first year the school participated in the program. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)

 

Fifth-grade students from Community Day School celebrate after winning the gold medal during the Final Team Match of Dancing Classrooms Pittsburgh at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall on Wednesday, May 16, 2018 in Oakland. This was the first year the school participated in the program. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)