Grant Public School District issued the following announcement on Jan 15.
Calling all 3rd - 5th girls who want to join Girls on the Run!!!
What is it? A curriculum-based, after-school character development program designed for 3rd – 5th grade girls of ALL fitness and ability levels. The 8-week curriculum attempts to help each girl find and stay true to her REAL self. Groups of 6 to 15 girls meet twice a week (Mondays and Thursdays from 3:15 - 4:30 at the middle school) with their trained, volunteer coaches to discuss important life lessons while playing fun running games. The program emphasizes independent thinking, making healthy choices, healthy group dynamics peer support and problem solving. The program finishes with the girls participating in a non-competitive celebratory 5k.
• Registration is based on household income and ranges from $15-$125. All families have the opportunity to apply for financial aid within the online program registration form.
• Registration fee includes: 16 lessons of proven curriculum taught by highly-trained coaches, a GOTR journal, all program materials, 5K entry fee, 5K bib and completion medal for each participant.
• Registration opens on January 1st at https://www.gotrwm.org and will remain open until February 1st, at which time a lottery will be run to assign girls to their teams. If there are spaces available, late registration will open February 3rd until those spots have been filled.
- Please contact Coach Powers at kpowers@grantps.net with any questions.
Registration Ends February 1
Program Starts: March 14th
Race Date: May 14th (program ends)
Online Registration https://www.gotrwm.org
Original source can be found here.
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