Students in 10 different classes participated at different times during this school year in the AtlantiCare Healthy Schools’ 4-week walking challenge, intentionally walking extra steps during the school day. Together, students from kindergarten to the 7th grade clocked an impressive total of 2,855 minutes of extra walking. Eligible walking minutes could not include regularly scheduled walking to and from classrooms, the lunch room, or exiting at the end of the day.
Two classes logged the highest number of walking minutes and every student received a pedometer from AtlantiCare — Miss Price’s kindergarten class (510 minutes) and Mrs. Nelson’s 1st grade class (460 minutes). Students in the other classes received pencils and stickers as a reward for their efforts. Congratulations to the 154 students and their teachers who used this challenge as a way to experience the healthy benefits of walking.