'Running Club' provides an opportunity for students to stay active with friends while also setting personal goals and developing a consistent exercise routine. Aerobic exercise helps students learn more efficiently and is a proven tool to boost emotional health, focus, energy levels and quality sleep.
Every K-5th student is given their own card with a personalized QR code to start the year. After each lap ran, cards are scanned with a 'laptracker' phone app. Scanner data is uploaded for reports that show individual, class and school mileage. Top 10 runner reports and class totals are shared weekly.
AEA will provide cards with attached clips that will stay with the students and attach to their backpacks. Their cards should stay clipped on their backpacks throughout the year and should only be removed for Running Club. At the end of the year, we collect the clips and give the card back to the student to keep as a back-up card for the following year. Details below for lost cards.
How to use your Running Club Card - Video Tutorial
**Before School @ 7:50-8:07 by Grade Level
Monday/Wednesday/Friday (K-2nd Grade)
Tuesday/Thursday (3-5th Grade)
Students in grade levels not out for running club will go straight to their classrooms.
*TK - TK students will run Tues/Thurs from 8:35-8:45 on the playground (after the 3rd-5th grade students go to their classrooms). TK teachers will keep their cards at school.
Course - 1/12 of a mile laps around the black cones on the blacktop.
Start lap near the bottom of the stairs. Scan your card near the green basketball pole after each full lap.
Students can choose to 'Sit & Read' in their lines or 'Walk or Run' around the course.
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
bnassif@aeacs.org
If you have any questions please feel free to contact your PE team. bnassif@aeacs.org & dramsey@aeacs.org