Crisis: Our Kids are not Moving…enough!
Dr Pat Hogan, MD started at one school in Gig Harbor, Washington with 400 students
It takes Leaders
Pat Hogan (Center in Orange Jacket) started a program in one Elementary School in Gig Harbor, Washington. He recruited a lead PE teacher and it grew to 15 schools and close to 14,000 students.
Gauer School’s Principal celebrates each Mile Run Finisher.
It takes Teachers, Principals
Each school has either one teacher or a Principal who gets the concept of running the Mile and what it can accomplish. Our program grows virally from one classroom to an entire school to an entire school District.
Gauer School boys after running their Mile
It takes Elementary Students
Running the mile starts with the Kindergartners. In some schools, the pre-K kids have 6th grade mentors who lead them in once a week fitness.
A Middle School Class at Grove City MS in Grove City Pennsylvania gets timed by local volunteer Mark Courtney and his Runner’s High crew
It takes Middle School Students
Middle School, the bridge to High School. This where the concept of running to be fit can get lost. It takes initiative and creativity to get 7th and 8th graders to buy-into the message of Fitness by running the mile.
