November 19, 2025
Staff of Team Tomball logged an impressive 136,248,510 steps for the month of October! There was over a 50% increase in staff participation and over 53% increase of steps from last year!! The number of steps from Team Tomball roughly translates to 60,335 miles! That is equivalent to flying back and forth from Houston to Sydney, Australia more than 3.5 times!!!
There was comradery within teams with words of encouragement as well as a little friendly competition! Team Tomball excels in incorporating health and wellness! Don't let up and continue the habit of movement and exercise in your daily routine!!
Team "It's What We Do" had the most steps and the most steps per person in the TEAM Step Challenge. With only a 6-member team, "It's What We Do" logged in an impressive 3,530,403 total steps with an average of 588,400 per person!
Tomball High School's "It's What We Do" consisted of the following staff:
Dale Coley
Dave Handal
Kim McKinney
Alex McMorris
Mark Vierkant
Andrea Villasana
There were 253 individuals participating in the INDIVIDUAL Challenge with a combined 58,718,051 steps! This is an increase of 22,630,244 steps from our last step challenge!
Congratulations to the top 10 individuals with the highest step counts!
1. Angela Bellows - Tomball Memorial High School - 680,000 steps
2. Emily Hooker - Early Excellence Academy - 671,000 steps
3. Nora Pacha - Tomball Memorial High School - 654,970 steps
4. Danielle Hardin - Tomball Star Academy - 645,442 steps
5. Hope Vicknair - Tomball West Elementary School - 604,454 steps
6. Terrance Woods - Tomball Memorial High School - 588,392 steps
7. Lu Qu-Dalrymple - Tomball Memorial High School - 585,568 steps
8. Kayley Brown - Canyon Pointe Elementary School - 583,000 steps
9. Chris Penny - Willow Wood Junior High School - 576,051 steps
10. Justin Warnasch - Office of School Leadership/ MIS/ Communications - 560,058 steps
The top 3 step challenge individual winners selected a health and wellness prize from Amazon!
Congratulations Angela, Emily, and Nora!!
Tomball Memorial High School
Early Excellence Academy
Tomball Memorial High School
1. Operating Services
2. Tomball Star Academy
3. Early Excellence Academy
4. Canyon Pointe Elementary School
5. Tomball Connections Academy
6. Tomball Elementary School
7. Timber Creek Elementary School
8. Willow Creek Elementary School
9. Tomball Memorial High School
10. West Intermediate School
Operating Services had 93% staff participation in the Step Challenge and have earned breakfast at their next gathering!