Running Club
Are you ready to run?
Welcome to the Running Club where every child in grades 1-5 can participate to achieve his/her personal best fitness levels! Running is not easy, but children can see the benefit of it when they are setting personal goals and reaching them! Students are challenged to maintain their own fitness levels and are challenged to reach new goals and when they do the rewards are great!
Why run? According to the CDC:
Students who are physically active tend to have better grades, school attendance, cognitive performance (e.g., memory), and classroom behaviors (e.g., on-task behavior).
Higher physical activity and physical fitness levels are associated with improved cognitive performance (e.g., concentration, memory) among students.
We encourage your children participate and cannot wait to see what they can accomplish!
Students MUST SIGN UP every year to be part of the Running Club!
We do ask for a $8 donation to help cover the cost of the awards and the Stride Track program we use to keep up with the kids laps.
If you have any questions, please contact Coach Soles.
Link has been updated 8/1/23
During COVID, we took a break from the Running club. The Running Club started back during the 2021-2022 school year. The kids love to see how far they run as a school. We decided to post a weekly total as well as a cumulative total of how many miles the kids have run here at Peeples since the 2021-2022 school year. From the data collected we also have established monthly running records! Students strive to see if they can beat the monthly records established from previous years. Go Rockets!
How it works
Running sessions:
We have 2 running sessions (Fall & Spring).
Fall Dates: August 28- December 1
Spring Dates: March 1 - April 30
Time: 7:18 - 7:40 every morning (weather per mitting)
Place: PES Track behind the school... *students must report to homeroom first... Parent must go through the car/golf cart rider lines
Running Club is for Grades 1-5
*1st grade will start in October.
Sorry no Kindergarteners
Procedures
Students MUST SIGN UP every year to be part of the Running Club!
The Running Club will run every morning (weather permitting).
Students in grades 2-5 run certain days of the week. See running schedule above.
Students in 1st grade can run Monday - Thursday in the fall and everyday in the Spring.
Students arriving at school before 7:15 should stay in their car or on the bus.
Students MUST go by their homeroom to check in, leave their book bags, and do any morning procedures their teacher wishes.
Once students have permission from their homeroom teacher (at 7:18), they will get their assigned running tag with barcode and lanyard to proceed to the track.
Students MUST have their running tag/lanyard every time they run!
Students will need to come to the track from the 4th grade hall.
Students will run/walk on the track
Students will get their running tag scanned for each lap completed.
5.5 laps is equal to 1 mile.
Laps are accumulative and are tracked from the time your child enters the program.
After running, students will return to their homeroom and return their running tags / lanyards. The running tags / lanyards are to be kept at school in their classroom.
***Students are responsible for their running tag.
Volunteers
We can always use volunteers!
Parents are needed to help scan the students laps.
We are using Sign up Genius to organize where help is needed and it is a great way for parents to see how they can help and plan ahead! We do take volunteering seriously. If you commit to help, we are relying on you to show up.
Volunteers need to complete the Volunteer Mandated Reporter Training
All volunteers will need to check in at the front office first (after the bells rings) and meet us on the track.
Awards
Every lap counts in this program!
What you put into the program is what you are going to get out of it!
Laps are accumulative and are tracked from the time your child enters the program.
Awards are a great way to keep students motivated to run.
Students are awarded for their efforts during the running program.
They are awarded individually, by homeroom, and by grade level.
We do ask for a $8 donation to help pay for the program annually and all the awards the students will earn throughout the school year!
A special thank you to our 2023-24 sponsors!!!
If you would like to be a future sponsor for Running Club please contact Coach Soles.
