Meet the 90-year-old old retired Chicago teacher who stays active by jumping rope

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Miss Ruth Washington is staying active at 90-years-young!

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Washington is a retired Chicago Public Schools teacher. She taught from 1969 to 1993.

She spent the last 10 years of her career teaching Pre-K at Fort Dearborn Elementary School on Chicago's South Side.

She jumps rope with the 40+ Double Dutch Club in Pullman.

The organization was created to give women a fun outlet to improve physical and mental health.

Her advice on staying active into your 90s is: "pray to God, find an activity you love, and remember to treat others with the love that our civil rights leaders taught us."

To learn about the 40+ Double Dutch Club, click here.