There have been many fundraisers at the school this year, but The Apex Fun Run was quite different. It was a two week interactive program where the kids learned about leadership and fitness. The themes were:
- Find Your Strengths! Identify strengths in you and also those around you.
- Be Brave! Doing what’s right with all your might.
- Stick Together! Working as a team makes you stronger. Never leave anyone out.
- Go Big! Go above and beyond what is expected of you in everything you do.
- Say Thanks! Be grateful and thank those around you.
Karis loved the program and although she didn't remember a whole lot about what they talked about, she was pretty excited about it each day.
She made a video to ask her relatives to sponsor her and pledge a dollar amount for every lap (1/16th of a mile) that she runs. I wrote her a script and after reading it a few times, she almost had it memorized. We did about three takes and then she was satisfied with the video. Family members were very generous with their pledges, and she raised almost $500 (about 30% of her class pledges).
It's been pretty cold here, but it warmed up a bit the day before the race. Thankfully they changed the run time from 9 am to noon. The weather was perfect that day (mid 50's)!
There were lots of parents, loud music and excitement!
The whole family came out to support Karis.
Getting ready for the race.
Can you tell she was excited?
And she's off!
Karis sprinted most of the time.
After each lap, each student got a tick on the back of their shirt to keep track of how many laps they ran. Each student would run 26 to 36 laps with 36 being the maximum number of laps.
Karis ran all 36 laps!
Happy finishers with Ms. Carlton!
Makena and Kyle loved watching Karis run. Kyle wanted to do it again the next day.
Class picture
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