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Students at the C.V. Carroll
Elementary School on Hood Street celebrated International Walk to School
Day on October 3, 2007. Headed up by Physical education teacher Carol
Long, the project began on October 1st to encourage children and parents
to walk to school. Walkers received small plastic "feet" as a reward for
walking as well as recording their attendance on charts in the school
cafeteria. Walking has a number of benefits, including physical exercise
and a chance to talk with parents or friends on the way to and from
school. "This is really about parents participating in their school,"
commented School Superintendent Nicholas Fischer. "When parents take
time to spend with their children by walking to school, everyone
benefits," he added. The project was planned through the School
Committee and Healthy City Fall River as a way to encourage more
children and adults to walk. To see the Herald News article about
the event,
click here. For more information about the program, contact Healthy
City Coordiantor Dr. Weed at
508-324-2411. |
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(Top row, left) Ethan and Kyle Borges put a sticker on their chart indicating that they walked to school today. (Top row, center) Matthew and Michael Laboy and Tiana Ferleoni walk with Erika Arce pushing Alyssa Santos in the stroller. (Top row, right) Kaitlyn and Alyssa Ferreira walk to school with their dad, Steven Ferreira. (Middle row, left) Physical Education Teacher Carol Long gives walker Maxim Macura a chance to select one of the plastic "feet" as a reward for having walked to school. (Middle row, center) School Superintendent Nicholas Fischer and School Committee Member Mark Costa watch as Carroll School walkers express their love of walking. (Middle row, right) Ms. Long ties one of the "feet" to third-grader Dylan Alexander's shoelace. (Bottom row, left) Carroll School Principal Elaine Sabra talks with Herald News report Deborah Allard. (Bottom row, center) Ms. Long leads a group of walkers to the front of the school for a photo in front of the sign. (Bottom row, right) School Committee Member Marilyn Roderick talks with Mayor Edward M. Lambert, Jr. at the end of the event. |
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