Our celebratory skating party is Wednesday, May 16, 2012 from 5-8pm! All Morning Milers are welcome to come have fun! Mention the Morning Mile or wear your reward necklace for free entry. Free skates are included as well.  

  Click here to check out this beautiful two page feature in Conch Color magazine in the Florida Keys!

Healthy Learning Academy in Alachua County, Florida has really knocked it out of the park. It’s a charter school with a clear emphasis on  health and fitness and they’ve truly taken the Morning Mile to heart. We recently attended a wonderful Morning Mile ceremony hosted at the school’s gym which allowed parents to join in on the presentation of Morning [...]

Has anyone felt the ground vibrating each morning from 7:45 to 8:15 AM?  Don’t worry, it’s not an earthquake – its approximately 426 Poinciana Elementary School students (grades k-5) walking and running the Morning Mile.  Introduced by and sponsored to the school by the Lower Keys Medical Center,  Coach John Hughes, PE Teacher at Poinciana, loves that the Morning Mile [...]

Check out this fabulous feature in Florida Today online on the sensational success story earned by 21 schools in Brevard County, Florida. It’s a good one! Morning Mile program encourages health, fun. The video below was also pulled from that article. MELBOURNE— Six-year-old Cristian Tapia ran a mile Thursday morning — and then proudly held up five coffee stirrers representing [...]

Please participate in the Rise n Run 1 mile Fun Run or 5K fundraiser for Morning Mile. University of Florida’s graduate students in the Health Administration Student Association have decided they’d like to personally sponsor some Morning Mile programs for schools in Florida, to help get MORE KIDS MOVING in the MORNINGS. They’re hosting this run on March 31st at [...]

As a Psychologist, I know of the numerous positive mental health benefits that occur from physical activity. Regular exercise has been shown to reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety. In children physical activity increases concentration, memory, and academic performance and reduces symptoms of Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD/ADHD) and the need for medication for ADD/ADHD. Exercise has also been shown to [...]

As a pediatric health care professional, I see the growing problem of childhood obesity, due in large part to sedentary lifestyles among students. Safe, fun group exercise is a healthy way to encourage movement and physical fitness in this age group, with such benefits as obesity control and encouraging a life-long love of fitness and physical activity. Mrs. Koehlers’ “Morning [...]

Poinciana Pelicans are extremely excited about their Morning Mile program, which is sponsored by Lower Keys Medical Center. They completed 620 miles in the first five days alone, and plan to walk enough miles to get all the way to Hollywood, California. This should easily be accomplished as 387 out of 628 students or 61.6% of the student body has [...]

Today my five year old son Dillan received his foot for his 45th mile ran at Morning Mile at Talbot Elementary. Running almost every morning has improved his speed and endurance and has even helped with his swimming endurance (he swims for the Gator Swim Club). Dillan loves running at morning mile with his dad, and his friends. It has [...]