January Results for Jacobson Elementary Walking Program

Thank you to Mr. Beecher for taking the pie in the face when he really didn’t have to!  Here are the REAL results for January: 

Kindergarten- 55%  (29% for December)

1^st grade-27%  (17% for December)

2^nd grade- 41% (27% for December)

3^rd grade- 43%  (25% for December)

4^thgrade- 61% (42% for December)

5^th grade- 52% (23% for December)

6^th grade- 56% (20% for December)

The school average for the month of January was 48%!  Here is what we have had so far for each month this school year: September-37%, October-29%, November-35%, December-26%.  So as you can see having the “pie in the face” challenge helped boost our scores.  

This month, we walked approximately 2519 miles.  That was enough mile to walk from Belmond to the capitol of Arkansas(Little Rock), Michigan(Lansing), Wyoming(Cheyenne), and Tennessee(Nashville).  We have had enough miles this school year to walk from Belmond to 22 state capitols.

In case you didn’t know, we keep track of how many of each grade level come in every morning to the before-school program.  Using the enrollment of each grade level, I calculate the percentage of participation of each grade level.  To keep mileage, I just average 15 laps per day per student.  From there, I have an approximation of mileage achieved per month. 

Congratulations to the 4^th grade for winning the trophies again for the month of January.  Some grade level is going to have to beat them!  Congratulations to the 6^th grade for having the best improvement from December. 

I have heard through the grapevine that we have a superintendent that is interested in a pie in the face or wet sponge throw in the face.  More details will be out in a later date.