We Love Our No-Excuses Mom

We Love Our No-Excuses Mom

  We call Chris Pampo our NO EXCUSES MOM, because she’s out running in below-freezing temps with her Pre-K daughter, Tess, in a skirt, leather boots and a jacket! Why? Because she “gets” the importance of her daughter’s daily runs and wants to enjoy that quality time together. Go Mom! Headed off to work right after the Morning Mile is [...]

Cedarwood School Morning Milers

Cedarwood School Launches Louisiana’s 1st Morning Mile Program

The following email just arrived from Cedarwood School- “We started the Morning Mile last week and it has become an instant hit! We have kids in every grade starting with our 3 year-olds all the way through our 7th graders. Many of our parents and grandparents are taking the opportunity to run with their kids. It’s been a wonderful experience [...]

Liberty Elementary Award Winning Morning Mile Program!

Liberty Elementary’s Morning Mile Program Wins ING Award!

This feature taken from Keller Independent School District web site in Texas: Liberty Elementary has been selected as a 2012 recipient of the ING Run For Something Better School Awards Program by the National Association of Sport and Physical Education. They were one of 50 applicants – out of 300 – selected to win this outstanding award for their successful [...]

Miami Dade Now

Morning Mile on Miami Dade Today – Video News Feature

Check out this fabulous video feature on Miami-Dade Now! You’ll find the Morning Mile feature at minute 5:34. What a wonderful day to have Commissioner Joe Martinez join in the running fun! This program is sponsored by AvMed!

Olympic Great Carl Lewis Supports the Morning Mile!

Olympic Great Carl Lewis Supports the Morning Mile!

If ever anyone knew the benefits of running, it’s Carl Lewis. One of the most decorated Olympic athletes EVER, Carl Lewis turned in one of the greatest track and field performances at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, winning gold medals in the 100m, 200m, Long Jump & the 4x100m relay. His winning streak continued at the 1988 Olympics [...]

Presidential Fitness Awards DOUBLE as a Result of Morning Mile

Presidential Fitness Awards DOUBLE as a Result of Morning Mile

I wanted you to know that each year we award the Presidential Fitness Awards to our students who master all of the Physical Education goals.  This is a national assessment.  At Poinciana we usually have approximately 80 students who receive this award – last year we had 88.  This year we had 168 students receive it!  The only difference we [...]

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by / on May 10, 2013 at 7:20 pm / in More Morning Mile Fun!, Morning Mile School Brag Book!

Preschooler Melia Does the Morning Mile at Home – Precious!

Think running is a burden? Think again! Tens of thousands of kids across the nation think it’s a PRIVILEGE! Preschooler Melia loves running the Morning Mile at school so much that she does it at home too. Thanks to her Daddy, Dan, who shared this adorable footage with us. Go Melia!

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by / on April 10, 2013 at 4:13 pm / in More Morning Mile Fun!, Morning Mile School Brag Book!

Einstein Elementary Takes Off Sprinting with the Morning Mile

         Einstein Elementary school’s official first day participating in the Morning Mile took off sprinting with over 50% of the students showing up at 7:45am to run with the University of Florida ROTC the day before spring break! Everybody was full of energy, spirits were high and the miles were racking up quickly. Physical Education coach Mark [...]

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by / on April 10, 2013 at 4:11 pm / in More Morning Mile Fun!, Morning Mile School Brag Book!

Rise n’ Run 1 Mile and 5k for Morning Mile

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by / on April 8, 2013 at 8:37 pm / in More Morning Mile Fun!, Morning Mile School Brag Book!, What is the Morning Mile?

ABC News Fitzness Feature on Morning Mile – Kids Have Run Over 500,000 Miles!

ABC’s WCJB TV20 News visited our Morning Mile program at The Rock School in Gainesville, Florida. Run by Coach Carrie Reichardt, these kids love to run and have completed over 5,000 miles already this year. Not bad for a school with just over 100 students! Overall, the Morning Mile has been implemented in 116 schools throughout the USA, Canada and [...]

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by / on February 8, 2013 at 4:32 pm / in More Morning Mile Fun!, Morning Mile School Brag Book!, Testimonials

UF Marine ROTC joins St. Patrick’s Morning Mile

  St. Patrick’s Interparrish School is a fine example of how the Morning Mile is bringing communities together every morning to get fit. On Friday, February 1st the University of Florida’s ROTC members joined St. Patrick’s students and their parents for the Morning Mile. Despite below average temperatures, this hearty group got up early to get fit while having fun. [...]

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by / on February 2, 2013 at 4:07 pm / in More Morning Mile Fun!

We Love Our No-Excuses Mom

  We call Chris Pampo our NO EXCUSES MOM, because she’s out running in below-freezing temps with her Pre-K daughter, Tess, in a skirt, leather boots and a jacket! Why? Because she “gets” the importance of her daughter’s daily runs and wants to enjoy that quality time together. Go Mom! Headed off to work right after the Morning Mile is [...]

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by / on November 15, 2012 at 10:52 pm / in More Morning Mile Fun!, Morning Mile School Brag Book!

Lousiana’s 1st Morning Mile Program featured on WWLTV Eyewitness News

A private school in Mandeville is taking on Louisiana’s “D” rating for youth health one mile at a time with a new program picking up across the country. Cedarwood School in Mandeville is the first school in the state to start “The Morning Mile.”  The activity, held before school starts every morning, has grown to more than a hundred students [...]

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by / on October 25, 2012 at 12:08 am / in Morning Mile School Brag Book!, Testimonials

St. Patrick’s Interparish School Enjoys a Variety of Benefits from the Morning Mile

  The sounds of running, laughing, chattering, huffing, and puffing fill the air each morning around St. Patrick’s Interparish School. Thanks to the Morning Mile, every day before the school day starts, kids of all ages empty onto the huge field to burn off energy and have some fun. Parents come, too, to sit and watch from the sideline or [...]

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by / on October 12, 2012 at 2:42 pm / in Morning Mile School Brag Book!, Testimonials

Cedarwood School Launches Louisiana’s 1st Morning Mile Program

The following email just arrived from Cedarwood School- “We started the Morning Mile last week and it has become an instant hit! We have kids in every grade starting with our 3 year-olds all the way through our 7th graders. Many of our parents and grandparents are taking the opportunity to run with their kids. It’s been a wonderful experience [...]

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by / on September 6, 2012 at 12:26 am / in Morning Mile School Brag Book!

Liberty Elementary’s Morning Mile Program Wins ING Award!

This feature taken from Keller Independent School District web site in Texas: Liberty Elementary has been selected as a 2012 recipient of the ING Run For Something Better School Awards Program by the National Association of Sport and Physical Education. They were one of 50 applicants – out of 300 – selected to win this outstanding award for their successful [...]

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