Recess Running Program

Starting this week at recess on Tuesdays and Thursdays first and second graders at UMS have the fun and healthy opportunity to participate in a running fitness challenge! There are four large signs on our playground, labeled 1-4, set up so that when students run around the playground and touch each number in order four times they have run a mile! A recess duty teacher holds foot-shaped punch cards for each child to record how many laps they have run. After running a mile and receiving four hole punches students receive a little plastic foot charm with a bracelet to hang it on. Students collect these feet and after running 5 miles they receive a "5 mile medal" charm for their bracelet. If students reach 20 miles they receive a special rubber bracelet that reads "Mileage Club!" The children have all been very excited about this program and the majority of them chose to run a mile at recess both on Tuesday and on Thursday of this week! Running at recess will be a choice every Tuesday and Thursday weather permitting and is such a fun way to excercise! Here are a couple photos of kids with the "feet" they earned. I will post more photos of the program soon!