Students, parents, run for health, medals Photos and Story By SANDRA STOKLEY, Staff Writer, Press-Enterprise To say that the Jurupa Unified School District’s 100 Mile Club program is a success would be an understatement. More than 300 children, parents and teachers showed up at a recent “open run” at Rubidoux High School’s Hawkins Stadium. “It’s a great way to keep families connected in a positive way,” Troth Street Elementary School principal Jose Campos said as he watched participants walk, trot and jog around the track. At the completion of each lap, monitors marked wristbands worn by the children and some parents. Four laps equal a mile. The goal of the 100 Mile Club, which was developed by Corona-Norco Unified School District teacher Kara Lubin, is to get kids outside and be active. Students who log 100 miles during the school year receive a medal. David Doubravsky, the assistant superintendent for education services, said the Jurupa school district started its 100 Mile Club three years ago with just three schools participating: Sky Country, Troth Street and Glen Avon elementary schools This year, all 16 Jurupa elementary schools are involved, and Doubravsky said hundreds of students and parents are taking part in the “open runs” on Tuesday at Rubidoux High School and Wednesday at Jurupa Valley High School. Running and being active helps children not only stay physically fit but mentally alert as well, Doubravsky said. READ MORE.
I’d like to introduce myself, my team, and tell you a little bit about what we are doing at our site for the 100 Mile Club®. My name is Ginamarie Richards and I have taken over as co-coordinator for the 100 Mile Club at Quail Valley Elementary School in Menifee Union School District in Quail Valley, California. I am a 5th grade teacher, the GATE Coordinator at our site and I also have my own personal child at my site. I am running the program with two 2nd grade teachers as well, Frankie Torres and Isela Smith. This is our third year participating in your wonderful program and it continues to grow and grow each year. We have not only the students and the teachers participating but parents, school site staff and our community members, as well as grandparents, aunts and alumni. This year I thought it might be a great opportunity to make this program a student-driven project. I have incorporated our GATE students into the entire aspect of The 100 Mile Club®. It is so exciting to see them running with the younger students, tallying laps, adding all the miles, going from class to class to retrieve lists and putting up the miles run by the whole school on their grade level charts. I have been able to get them special name badges so they look official and they will be getting special 100 Mile Club® shirts. Another aspect of your program that I will be incorporating into the GATE students differentiation is they will be doing data analysis with the miles run, make charts and graphs for the grade level as well as, hopefully, do a 5K run as a team at the end of the year. It is so exciting seeing this integration […]
The 100 Mile Club® is proud to call Amy Dixon “Coach” and we absolutely love that she is part of The 100 Mile Club Family. Amy Dixon is in her first year as Head Coach for the Jefferson Elementary School 100 Mile Club® in Clovis, CA. Jefferson is piloting the program this year with 2 classes (1st and 2nd graders!), with the hopes of opening it up to the whole school next year. According to Coach Amy, it has been a fun experience so far. “I have been blown away by the enthusiasm of some of these tiny kids, showing up early and putting in over a mile before school even starts,” she writes. In addition to running morning laps with 1st and 2nd graders, she has also completed two half-marathons in the last year. GO AMY!! While running is one of her favorite pastimes, her real love is writing for children. Her first book, MARATHON MOUSE, came out from Sky Pony Press last year. (We have a copy at The 100 Mile Club Offices, and we absolutely LOVE IT!! ) Amy writes from her home, where she lives with her four little inspirations and her marathon-running husband, Rob. We think Amy is a true gem, and are so glad she has chosen 100 Mile Club and Accepted the Challenge with her teeny tiny runners at Jefferson School. Wanna’ win a copy of Amy’s book? Read below… If you are a 100 Mile Club Coach, click on the cute little mouse on the book cover below and follow the directions in the post in COACHES CORNER to win one of 5 copies of Amy Dixon’s OUTSTANDING book, Marathon Mouse (Sky Pony Press, 2012). HURRY!!
School Name: McNeil Elementary School District: McKinney ISD Total 100 Mile Club® Participants: 500 McNeil Elementary won a grant through the Active Schools Acceleration Project and has Accepted the Challenge of 100 Mile Club. They have joined The Healthy Communities Challenge, presented by It’s Time, Texas, and we think they are pretty awesome! McNeil will encourage every student and staff member to achieve true personal success by running or walking 100 miles at school during the school year. It is a journey towards a very personal goal. We love that McNeil “gets it”!! They KNOW that the important thing to remember is that it is not a race with anyone else but the individual. The goal is to encourage an extra 15 minutes of activity throughout the school day other than PE and recess. We are SO proud of you and are thrilled that you are part of the 100 Mile Club FAMILY! Let’s get moving, Mustangs!
Twenty-six 5th grade members of the Charleston Middle School 100 Mile Club® raised $1,425.00 for Children’s Hospital in Little Rock. These 26 students ran 213 miles over 8 days and collected sponsorships and donations. Some showed up on a Saturday to add some miles. The 100 Mile Club® at Charleston consists of a group of 5th graders who run regularly throughout the school year to learn about achieving goals, fitness, and working together. Learn more about Ms. Pippin’s class right here. We think she ROCKS!!
How can you amplify the success of your school wellness program? Partner it with another winner! Cascade Christian School in Frederickson, WA, is a shining example of how the parallel goals of 100 Mile Club® a school-based walk/run program, and Fuel Up to Play 60, an in-school physical activity and nutrition program, were met – by collaboration of the programs’ leaders. Inspiring Quality Activity with the 100 Mile Club® Stephanie Kelso, a former teacher aide and recess duty teacher, who now works in the office at Cascade, has a passion for fitness. A triathlete and former competitive swimmer, Stephanie knows firsthand the importance of physical activity. In January 2012, she volunteered to head up 100 Mile Club at Cascade – a program that presents elementary school students with a straightforward challenge: run, jog or walk 100 miles over the course of the school year. It’s a big mark to hit but students of all abilities jump at the chance to score miles during designated running times before or after school, during recess and at sanctioned community events, such as local road races and family nights. Wildly popular with students and educators alike, the 100 Mile Club is in 200 schools nationwide and was one of two programs named a National Winner in the 2012 Active Schools Acceleration Project Physical Activity Innovation Competition. Read more… ChildObesity180’s Active Schools Acceleration Project is providing $1,000 grants to schools that want to implement the 100 Mile Club. To learn more, click here.
Don’t ignore that 100th mile just because you are waiting to give out medals! These little things give your program personality and unique flair while still holding to the true mission and vision of 100 Mile Club®. If you need to read this, you rock! What a great accomplishment!! Your school rocks and so do you! You must be a fabulous coach to have students so motivated and wanting to reach new heights! You can do any or all of the following things to recognize your student and still keep with our mission and vision… 1. Send in a digital picture and a little story about him. We will feature him in our upcoming newsletter. We do that often. 🙂 2. Put a special mark on his tee. Make sure that you check the 100 box, but then do something special. (At McKinley, birthplace of 100 Mile Club®, we had TONS of kids hitting 100 early. We would glue a diamond on the back collar of the shirt, and if they hit 200, we’d put another one on, and so on, and so on…). You can get those at www.crystalz.com. The kids LOVE it!! 3. Take a special photo. This, too, can be done VERY inexpensively. One amazing school simply covered a piece of cardboard with butcher paper and created a BIG GLITTER “100” on it (see picture). 4. Announce his name at an upcoming assembly. It doesn’t have to be anything huge…just a mention and a cheer. 5. Add more Boxes! Our schools and kids do this all the time! Some kids are just getting started at 100 miles, so they add their goal on their backs…for all to see! Looking at the phot below, this young runner went 225 miles last year! WOW! 4. Do […]
LOCAL NON PROFIT HAS BEEN NAMED WINNER OF A NATIONAL PHYSICAL ACTIVITY CONTEST The 100 Mile Club Named National Winner! The 100 Mile Club® was one of two organizations named national winner of The Active Schools Acceleration Project (An Innovation Competition funded by a consortium of the nation’s leading health plans) which identified and rewarded the most creative, impactful, and scalable school-based programs and technologies to promote children’s physical activity. With the encouragement of First Lady Michelle Obama, the Active Schools Acceleration Project (ASAP), a ChildObesity180 initiative, launched the competition in a commitment with the Partnership for a Healthier America. The 100 Mile Club is a simple, innovative, sustainable program improving the quality of life for kids and the entire family. The goal is simple, run or walk 100 miles in a school year. Simple and easy to implement, the program addresses the issue of childhood obesity and inactivity in communities throughout the Inland Empire and beyond. Today the program has expanded to senior communities, group homes for adult with disabilities, businesses and most recent to 29 Palms where service men and women are staying connected with their children. Each year a t-shirt color is selected by participants and used a milestone marker. Whether in Japan, Arkansas or Riverside, The 100 Mile Club® brings commonality to all its participants.
Corona-Norco’s “100 Mile Club” wins $100,000 innovation grant WASHINGTON, D.C., June 13, 2012 – ChildObesity180 announced Corona-Norco’s 100 Mile Club is one of two national school programs to win $100,000 to further advance health and wellness programming within their school districts. The competition was designed to identify and reward the most creative, impactful, and scalable school-based programs and technologies to promote children’s physical activity. With the encouragement of First Lady Michelle Obama via a video message, the Active Schools Acceleration Project (ASAP), a ChildObesity180 initiative, launched the competition in February 2012 in a commitment with the Partnership for a Healthier America. The national winners were selected from a pool of nine regional “School Programs” category winners, which will receive $25,000 grants. A panel of experts representing various fields judged the entries. Among the many schools nationwide employing running and walking programs, ChildObesity180 calls the 100 Mile Club “a true pioneer.” Inspired by the 1992 Summer Olympics, special education teacher Kara Lubin had a dream that kids would be motivated to stay fit by the simple goal of “winning the gold medal.” These medals, based on dedication and effort – not speed and fitness – could reward students of all abilities, including Lubin’s special education students. Lubin took action and founded the 100 Mile Club in 1993. Elementary school students are presented with a straightforward challenge of running miles over the course of the school year. Students log miles before school, after school, during recess, and at sanctioned community events. Milestones are rewarded with simple tokens – wristbands, pencils, and medals. A year-end assembly celebrates and recognizes students who have achieved 100 miles, and those still with miles to go. The program is highly scalable and with Lubin’s help, is now in place in more than 115 schools across eight […]
Start 2013 on the right foot! Our programs are designed to support people of all ages. OUR PROGRAM Our program is simple. Run or walk 100 miles at school. The program runs the course of one school year. Activities begin with a thorough analysis of each new school. Founder Kara Lubin uses this information to develop a realistic plan for each school site helping you put the program into action. Whether you’re a local school or across the country we are here to help you from beginning to end. Teachers learn how to manage the program and are provided all the necessary tools needed to carry out the program for the school year helping their students reach their individual schools. Many schools do not have running tracks and fields become their way to log miles. Together we can ensure a safe path is provided for the students. By walking or running daily or few times a week students learn first-hand the benefits of exercise and begin to look forward to reaching their individual goals. Each school is provided support throughout the year with helpful suggestions and instructions to implement the program from beginning to end. Through interactive media tools we stay connected helping make The 100 Mile Club® run smoothly and positively. We take the struggle out of starting a physical fitness program by providing a clear mission, vision, philosophy and set of incentives that can be used by anyone, anywhere, at any time. On-going support and staying connected is important to ensure school participation will be carried out for the entirety of the school year. On-site training introduces administrators, teachers and PTA to 100 Mile Club principles and workings through team-building assemblies. District wide trainings are provided as needed. For schools out of our area conference calls and live […]
