ACTIVATE ATTLEBORO STEP CHALLENGE Attleboro Public Schools March 27, 2007 (First update April 18, 2007) Activate Attleboro 4th & 5th Grade Step Challenge 2007 The Activate Attleboro Step Challenge is a friendly walking contest in the Attleboro Public School system. Which 4th- and 5th-grade school can walk the most steps in 4 weeks? Rules of the contest: Each 4th and 5th grade student will be given a pedometer to measure the amount of steps they take. Students will record their daily steps and reset the pedometers to 0 daily. Teachers will record the total number of steps the students take and report that total weekly. Students will be allowed to record steps on the weekend and during school vacation. The last day of the contest is May 4th. The results of the contest will be announced May 5th at the annual YMCA & Community *Healthy Kids Day between 10 a.m. & noon at Balfour River Walk Park. The step counts will be forwarded to the Sun Chronicle Newspaper and KidsRunning.Com so the community can follow the progress of the schools. The winners of each grade will be determined by dividing the total steps by the number of students in each school. The highest net total wins! Total Steps from April 11 to May 4, 2007 5TH GRADE SCHOOLS School Total Steps Steps per Student Brennan Middle School 28,937,231 219,221 Wamsutta Middle School 127,941,801 183,827 Coelho Middle School 29,965,315 177,309 4TH GRADE SCHOOLS School Total Steps Steps per Student Willett 12,887,830 244,836 Hyman Fine 19,493,338 243,666 Studley 21,240,844 233,587 Thacher 16,666,272 161,808 Hill-Roberts 16,217,927 158,999 KR's Coach Ed and kids at Healthy Kids Day, photo Carol Goodrow KR is proud to promote this program, designed by KR's own Coach Ed. Coach Ed has been advising our visitors for 6 years, going on 7. You can visit Ed's Column here. E-mail Ed Poirier at epattleboroymca@yahoo.com for more information on this event. Graphic from Happy Feet, Healthy Food, Breakaway Books