"Running Club" gives students an opportunity to stay active with friends while setting personal goals and building a consistent exercise routine. Regular aerobic exercise helps students learn more effectively and is linked to improved emotional well-being, focus, energy levels, and sleep quality.
Every TK-5 student receives a personalized Running Club card with a unique QR code at the beginning of the school year. After each lap, the card is scanned using the LapTracker app. Scan data is uploaded to generate individual, class, and school mileage reports. Weekly updates highlight the Top 10 runners and class totals, with monthly and annual recognition for student achievements.
For 1st-5th grade, AEA provides a clip that attaches the Running Club card to each student's backpack. Cards should remain clipped to backpacks throughout the school year and only be removed during Running Club. At the end of the year, clips are collected, and students keep their cards as a backup for the following year. See below for information on replacing lost cards.
How to use your Running Club Card - Video Tutorial
**Before School @ 7:52-8:07 by Grade Level
Kindergarten - Daily on Kinder Playground (Kinder Teachers keep their cards at school)
Grades 1st-5th - Daily on Lower Playground
*TK Running Club
TK students will begin participating in Running Club on the Kinder Playground by the second semester, as they are ready.
TK Running Club cards will be kept at school with classroom teachers.
Parents who would like to volunteer should complete the AEA volunteer clearance process and the Running Club Volunteer Form. Once their class is ready to begin Running Club, classroom teachers will contact cleared volunteers with opportunities to help.
Course/Track - 1/12 of a mile laps around the black cones.
1st-5th - Start lap near the bottom of the stairs. Scan your card there after each full lap.
Students can choose to 'Sit & Read' in their lines, 'Walk or Run' around the course or Visit the LIbrary
Fifth or Sixth week of school until the last day of school.
*Fifth or Sixth week of school provides time for cards/accounts to be created, cards assembled/distributed and volunteers signed up.
*We continue scanning and award tokens until the last week. Note the Top 10 awards are based on scores from the third to last week.
*Teachers also offer students a 'Running Club Brain Boost' during the school day
*Please do your best to make sure you are responsible with your card.* Remember, previous year's cards can be kept as back-up cards.
If you lose your card, your classroom teacher has a back-up paper running club card that you can keep in your backpack.
-If you lose your paper back-up card, see your PE teacher for another paper replacement.
**We highly encourage donations to Friends of AEA to help fundraise to purchase more tokens, chains, cards, hooks, wristbands & awards. http://www.foaea.org/test/support-foaea/
Students are recognized monthly at individual mileage milestones with tokens that can be added to their Running club chain necklace.
Award Levels:
Every 10 miles (120 laps) = Foot Token
26 miles (312 laps) = '26 mile' Marathon Token
100 miles (1200 laps) = '100 mile' Token and Ultramarathon Member
Annually Recognized Runners - Students totals within a mile count as a tie
Top 10 from each grade level = Certificate & Large Foot Token
Top 5 overall runners in K-2 = Certificate & Golden shoe token (#1 Top runner gets the Giant Golden Shoe)
Top 5 overall runners in 3-5th = Certificate & Golden shoe token (#1 Top runner gets the Giant Golden Shoe)
Top 10 lists are updated & posted outside fitness center on Fridays.
5th Grade Fridays-
The top five 5th grade runners are allowed to run/walk/talk/mentor/support K-2 students on Fridays. 5th grade cards are not scanned on Fridays.
Dashboard accounts give students access to their running data online (miles, participation, graphs, stats etc.). Each student has access to only his/her dashboard. Student Accounts are created automatically when Class Lists are set up for the new school year.
The username is made up of the prefix ‘ aea ‘ and your student ID number.
The password is your student ID number and initials in lowercase.
Example: Brian Nassif is a student at aea elementary school with Student ID 123456. His login is:
Username: aea123456
Password: 123456bn
Then go to reports --> Student Dashboard --> Select your name --> View Report
If you have any questions please feel free to contact your PE team. bnassif@aeacs.org & dramsey@aeacs.org