| The Motivating Movement Through Marathoning | | | | Challenge received several surprises which |
| Challenge | | | | included a pre-race pep talk given by |
| | | | four-time Boston Marathon winner Bill |
| Eighty-three students and teachers from seven | | | | Rodgers, a pair of Asic's running shoes |
| Cleveland Schools are participating in a | | | | donated by the Second Sole in Mayfield |
| program designed to increase health and | | | | Heights, T-shirts and an official Rite Aid |
| self-confidence. The eleven week Motivating | | | | Marathon medal. |
| Movement Through Marathoning Challenge is a | | | | |
| joint program between Cleveland Schools and | | | | The Prestigious Governor's Gold Award |
| the Cleveland YMCA. The Motivating Movement | | | | |
| Through Marathoning Challenge was created out | | | | Several teachers and staff members at the |
| of the Cleveland Department of Public | | | | Daniel E. Morgan School, a member of the |
| Health's nationally-funded Steps to a | | | | Cleveland Schools, have been given the |
| Healthier Cleveland program and promotes | | | | prestigious Governor's Gold Award. They |
| exercising particularly running and walking | | | | received this award as part of the Healthy |
| for in youth and continued throughout life. | | | | Ohioans physical education initiative. The |
| This program is a response to the troubling | | | | Daniel E. Morgan School has received |
| national statistics about health and obesity | | | | particularly high scores in the areas of |
| in the nation's schools. The students | | | | promoting healthy choices, physical education |
| participating in the Motivating Movement | | | | practices, nutrition education, and tobacco |
| Through Marathoning Challenge engaged in a | | | | education. Teachers and other representatives |
| series of conditioning exercises and running | | | | from the Daniel E. Morgan School will receive |
| and walking a cumulative 26.2 miles which is | | | | the Governor's Gold Award at an award |
| equal in distance to the annual Cleveland | | | | ceremony and luncheon honoring the school in |
| Rite Aid Marathon. One group of students from | | | | August. |
| Denison School has formed an all girl-team. | | | | |
| Other Cleveland Schools involved in the | | | | Teachers Make Pact to Fight Being Overweight |
| Motivating Movement Through Marathoning | | | | |
| Challenge are Sunbeam School, Emile B. | | | | A group of dedicated teachers at Cleveland |
| deSauze School, Orchard School, | | | | School's Emile B. deSauze School have decided |
| Buckeye-Woodland School, Tremont School and | | | | to work towards losing weight. Over an |
| Willow School. Each student received help and | | | | eight-week period seventeen teachers |
| assistants from YMCA mentors and trainers | | | | challenged each other to a weight loss |
| which included a free four-month membership | | | | competition. As a motivation, each teacher |
| to the YMCA branch in their area. All the | | | | contributed to a weekly pot. The teachers |
| participants engaged in exercises that | | | | were judged and led by the school's physical |
| equaled 2.5 miles per week. A special | | | | education teacher. Under the PE teachers |
| celebration was held at the 10-mile mark in | | | | guidance the group lost a combined one |
| preparation for last month's 29th annual Rite | | | | hundred eleven pounds. As an honor to their |
| Aid Marathon and 10K events, which attracted | | | | dedication and competition the American Heart |
| nearly 8,000 runners. The students from | | | | Association treated the teacher's group to a |
| Cleveland Schools participating in the | | | | healthy breakfast and gave each teacher a "Go |
| Motivating Movement Through Marathoning | | | | Red for Women" wrist bands. |