Past WW5K

Students will begin the day in sessions tackling challenges, learning about themselves and participating in activities. In the afternoon students will spend time with their advisory and then navigate a relay rally by their grade level. Our goal is to engage students in self-awareness, self management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision.  

Our Spring Into Wellness Day was held on Thursday, October 31st during the school day. Students will spent the day with their advisory groups participating in a one mile Halloween-themed Challenge Course.  Additionally, there will be a variety of other “Wellness Workshops” to help students practice and develop their physical, cognitive, and emotional wellness. Proceeds raised topped $19,000!  The funds raised were used for flexible seating for outdoor and pod areas as well as Digital Broadcast Screens for pod areas that will be used for school-wide announcements.

Again this year,  the event focused on promoting the physical and mental health of our students. Our Spring Into Wellness Day was held on Friday, May 27th during the school day. Students spent the day participating in Outdoor Team Challenge Stations as well as a variety of other mental, physical, and emotional skill building activities with their advisories. Proceeds raised topped $3,000 (donations were just from our corporate sponsors)!  The funds raised were used to purchase items needed for our wellness day as well as supplies for our advisories.

CANCELLED DUE TO COVID

This year we shifted the event focus to promote the physical and mental health of our students. Our Witch Way 2 Wellness Day was held on Wednesday, October 30th during the school day. Students spent the day participating in a one mile Halloween-themed Challenge Course as well as a variety of other mental, physical, and emotional skill building activities with their advisories. Proceeds raised topped $20,000!  The excitement of the students during the day was contagious! The funds raised were used to purchase activities and supplies for our advisories and enhance seating in the pod common areas.

The Witch Way event was held on October 27, 2018.  The weather this year threw a bit of a curve ball into our original plans and caused us to move the event inside.  What was supposed to be the Witch Way Fun Run morphed into the Witch Way Fun Fest. We were able to offer the over 300 participants crafts, food, fun, and games.  Proceeds raised topped $23,000!  The funds raised were used to purchase additional classroom sound systems as stools for students use in the dining hall. 

As in year’s past, the 2018 event incorporated the Witch Way’s give-back campaign. The Lurgio staff and students are committed to community outreach, and ten percent of the race’s net proceeds each year are donated to a local community organization or cause. We are very excited that this year’s donation of $1800 will benefit Camp Allen of Bedford, which serves adults and children with cognitive and physical challenges. 

There were over 500 registered participants for the 5K and the Kids’ K. Proceeds raised topped $24,000!  The funds raised were used to purchase additional classroom sound systems as well as a sub-woofer for our Dining Hall sound system.

As in year’s past, the 2017 event incorporated the Witch Way’s give-back campaign. The Lurgio staff and students are committed to community outreach, and ten percent of the race’s net proceeds each year are donated to a local community organization or cause. We are very excited that this year’s donation of $1500 will benefit Camp Allen of Bedford, which serves adults and children with cognitive and physical challenges. 

There were over 500 registered participants for the 5K and the Kids’ K. Proceeds raised topped $24,000! The funds raised were used to purchase a state of the art sound system for our Dining Hall.

As in year’s past, the 2016 event incorporated a Witch Way’s give-back campaign. The Lurgio staff and students are committed to community outreach, and ten percent of the race’s net proceeds each year are donated to a local community organization or cause. We are very excited that this year’s donation of $1500 will benefit Camp Allen of Bedford, which serves adults and children with cognitive and physical challenges.

There were over 600 registered participants for the 5K and the Kids’ K. Proceeds raised topped $30,000! The funds raised were used to purchase two Chromebook carts for student use, a mounted projector in the Dining Hall and two other projectors and mounting equipment for two smaller classrooms.  The show of support from Bedford residents of all ages (many in costume) was tremendous and is a testament to this amazing community. 

As in year’s past, the 2015 event incorporated a Witch Way’s give-back campaign. The Lurgio staff and students are committed to community outreach, and ten percent of the race’s net proceeds each year are donated to a local community organization or cause. We are very excited that this year’s donation of $2000 will benefit Camp Allen of Bedford, which serves adults and children with cognitive and physical challenges. In addition to supporting this great organization, we also partnered with two Bedford High School students to raise donations for the Wounded Warrior Project. We were fortunate to have Sgt. David Soucy participate in our 5K and accept the donation of more than $3,000 for the Wounded Warrior Project.

The fifth annual WW5K was a successful and fantastic community event. The race netted over $26,000, which we used to purchase two classroom sets of Chromebooks for student use. These lightweight, extended battery-life, cloud-based laptops have enhanced instruction by creating efficient systems and dynamic environments within which learning can take place. Once again this year, the Lurgio community gave back 10% of the race's net proceeds to Camp Allen of Bedford. We donated $1900.00 to this great organization which serves adults and children with cognitive and physical challenges.

The forth Annual WW5K was held on October 26, 2013.  Once again, it proved to be festive and the turnout was fantastic.  There were over 690 registered participants for the 5K and the Kids’ K.  Proceeds raised topped $30,000!  The show of support from Bedford residents of all ages (many in costume) was tremendous and is a testament to this amazing community. This year Lurgio staff and students, gave back 10% of the race’s net proceeds.  We are very excited that the benefactor was Camp Allen of Bedford which serves adults and children with cognitive and physical challenges. The Lurgio school community donated $2400.00 to this great organization. Two mobile Chromebook carts were purchased with the funds raised.

The third annual WW5k was once again a success with over 550 participants in the 5K and over 100 children registered for the Kids K. Over $24,000 was raised and used to purchase equipment to mount forty-five of our existing multimedia projectors. Projectors were mounted into every Lurgio classroom and into our two conference rooms.

The second annual WW5K again was a great success with over 400 participants in the 5K race and close to 70 participants in the Kids race.  $18,000 was raised and used to purchase iPads, iPad cases and a mobile iPad cart.  This great success is attributed to the generosity of community minded sponsors.

The first annual WW5K was a fantastic and successful community event. We had 500 participants in the 5K race, with 75 participants in the Kids race. $16,000 was raised and used to purchase classroom projector set ups as well as document cameras.