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 […]

  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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Gold medal track star Jackie Joyner Kersee chats with Morning Mile founder, Fitz Koehler, about Team USA Track and Field at the Summer Olympics in London and give a bit of “golden advice for our […]

These GREAT PARENTS are committed to raising healthy and fit children. See what they have to say about the Morning Mile. Super fun sidebar: Dad number #1 in our feature is Drew Copeland from the […]

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 […]

This feature was pulled from South Florida Times. These Miami-Dad Parks programs are sponsored by:

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 […]