In November of 2006 the Rowan Roamers donated $400.00 to Larry Brown to promote walking and to establish a walking trail for the children at Bostian Elementary school in China Grove, North Carolina. It was felt that investing in and promoting a healthy life style in our young children was a good place to start something that would last a life time.
The walking program was organized in November of 2006 and has been active since than. By the end of the 2006-2007 school year, more than half of the students at Bostian had participated, walking 2870 miles.
According to the Feelin’ Good Mileage Club here is how the walking program works.
Students walk on the school playground several times each week. The Mileage Marker Cards provided in the kit are checked every time a child completes a lap on the course. When recess ends, the students return their cards to their personal files (a copy is provided in the teacher packet). For each 5 miles/8 kilometers a child walks, the child is rewarded. Toe Tokens (bright colored plastic feet designed to be worn on shoe laces), certificates and a school display poster to sign are provided. All awards are designed to provide children with a sense of accomplishment, recognition and a source of positive image building. The children also learn responsibility, mathematics and record-keeping skills.
Feelin’ Good Mileage Club – At the end of 2007-2008 SCHOOL YEAR, students at Bostian had walked 3765 mile. Kindergarten leads the way (2205 miles). First graders have walked 1125, and Fourth Graders, 380 miles. A third grader had walked 30 miles, and second graders have walked 25 miles. One hundred sixty-seven students have completed five miles; one hundred forty students have completed ten miles including all students in Kindergarten. The following 61 students have completed 25 miles or more: from Mrs. DeBerardinis’s class – Imer, Chance, Kevin, Robert, Matthew, Michael, Caroline; from Mrs. Hinshaw’s class –Zachary, Jacob, William, James, Olivia, Payton, Derek, Nathaniel, Jordan, Adeline, Seth, Jace, Shakia, Gracelyn, and Jadon; from Mrs. Goodman’s class- Thomas, Joshua, Caitlin, Kate, Carlton, Kayla, Abraham, Shelby, Zach, Trevor, Landon, Anthony, Cameron, Justin, Emma, Kendall, Maximus and Reid; from Mrs. Kimball’s class – Caleb; from Mrs. Haff’s class- Jasmin, Kate, and Amy; from Mrs. Luther’s class- Braxton, Kursten, Drew, Daniel, Wesley, Taylor, Bradley, Dakota, Autumn, and Ostyn; from Mrs. McDonald’s class – Amber, Peyton, and Kayla; and from Mrs. Barringer’s class – Savannah and Corey. Having reached 50 miles are Zachary, Nathaniel, Derek, Gracelyn and William (Hinshaw), and Thomas, Trevor, Joshua, Zackery, Landon, Emma, and Caitlin (Goodman); Wesley, Taylor, and Dakota (Luther). Derek, Thomas, Caitlin and Zachary reached 75 miles. Zachary in Mrs. Hinshaw’s class is the top walker having walked 130 miles.
