Senior leads classmates in double dutch, sharing passion for jump roping [photo gallery]

Armoni Conner’s jump ropes turned a personal pastime into one of the senior picnic’s standout moments

Bella Green, Editor-in-Chief

May 16, 2025

Seniors “skipped” at the Senior Picnic, Armoni Conner spreading her lifelong love of jump rope.

Tick-tack-tick-tack-tick-tack-tick-tack.

The hot concrete of Comlara park sparked with each strike of Armoni Conner’s make-shift clothesline rope, surrounded by the giggles of seniors as they skipped.

When Conner heard the “picnic” in Senior Picnic, she knew what she was going to bring—her favorite thing, jump rope.

Unable to find her usual rope, Conner decided to make her own: two plastic clothesline wires tied together, times two for the double dutch game.

Seniors and chaperones crowded around the activity, eyeing each turn of the ropes, eventually testing the waters themselves.

While many participants started their “skipping” journey on May 14, Conner’s story started when she was nine, a member of the youth jumping ministry Jump 4 Joy.

Jump into Conner’s origin and view the world of double dutch below:

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