ACTIVATE ATTLEBORO STEP CHALLENGE Attleboro Public Schools *Activate Attleboro Step Challenge 06. Attleboro Public Schools Grades 4 & 5. April 10 to May 5. Step Totals 5/05/06 -Final Step Count 5TH GRADE SCHOOLS School Total Steps Steps per Student Brennan Middle School 39,157,365 268,202 Coelho Middle School 31,818,275 200,115 Wamsutta Middle School 27,369,879 141,813 4TH GRADE SCHOOLS School Total Steps Steps per Student Studley 41,755,298 417,553 Hill-Roberts 29,564,951 307,968 Hyman Fine 27,028,357 303,689 Willett 20,834,245 297,632 Thacher 22,750,413 227,504 KR's Coach Ed and kids at Healthy Kids Day The Activate Attleboro Step Challenge is a friendly walking contest in the Attleboro Public School system. Rules of the contest: Each 4th and 5th grade student was given a pedometer to measure the number of steps they took. For the 5th grade Challenge the homeroom teachers recorded the daily steps each student took and reset the pedometers to 0 daily. The 4th grade teachers did the same. Students were allowed to record steps on the weekend. The students WERE ALLOWED to take the pedometers home and count steps. The last day of the contest was May 5. The results of the contest were announced May 6th at the annual YMCA & Community Healthy Kids Day. Healthy Kids Day was an action packed morning of physically active games, exhibitions, and contests for young people in the community located at Balfour River Walk Park in Attleboro. It started off with Youth Road Races - 1/2 mile and mile at 8:15 a.m. From 10:000 a.m. to noon there are Hula Hoop Contests, Water Balloon Contests, Sprint Races, Relay Races, a Climbing Wall, and exhibitions of karate, Hip Hop Dance, and more. The winners of the Activate Attleboro Step Challenge were announced and awards were presented at this event. *Activate Attleboro is a Coalition made up of Community leaders committed to making Attleboro MA a more Healthy Active Community. Encouraging increased physical activity and healthy nutritional habits in the community are the coalition's goal. Book signing - Carol Goodrow, KR Editor, Happy Feet, Healthy Food, Your Child's First Journal of Exercise and Healthy Eating AND The Treasure of Health and Happiness. E-mail Ed Poirier at epattleboroymca@yahoo.com for more information on this event. Graphic from Happy Feet, Healthy Food, Breakaway Books