School Award

2011 HEALTHY SCHOOL AWARD WINNERS

Mount Vernon Community School Alexandria, VA	William Ramsay Elementary School Alexandria, VA
James K. Polk Elementary School Alexandria, VA	Lynbrook Elementary School Springfield, VA
George Mason Elementary School Alexandria, VA

The 2011 Healthy Kids Fun Run on October 29 registered 3,000 children between the ages of 5 and 12, with nearly two-thirds entered through the coordinated effort of physical education teachers and PTA groups.  The top five elementary schools with the most students registered, earned a Healthy School Award and a $1,000 donation to their physical education department from MCM partner, Sodexo.

The schools receiving this honor are Lynbrook Elementary in Springfield, VA (300 students participating); George Mason Elementary of Alexandria, VA (243 students); James K. Polk Elementary of Alexandria (240 students); Mount Vernon Community School (115 students) and William Ramsay Elementary (90 students).

Each winning school will receive an assembly for the entire student body with exciting visits from MCM mascot Miles the bulldog and U.S. Marines from Marine Corps Base Quantico.  In addition to the Healthy School Award presentation, nutitious snacks from Sodexo will be given to each student and a special "Museum Without Walls" educational program will be hosted by the National Children's Museum.  

2012 GROUP REGISTRATION
Parents, students and faculty are encouraged to promote importance of physical fitness within their schools.  Want your school to win the 2012 MCM Healthy School Award?  Carefully read the full instructions, as the process for the group registration has altered slightly this year:

Group Registration Information

Group registration has not opened yet for the 2012 Healthy Kids Fun Run. 

The top five schools with the greatest student participation will receive:
                *Healthy School Award
                *Donation to the school's Physical Education Department from Sodexo            
                *Special Program presented by the National Children's Museum of Washington, DC
                *Visit and awesome assembly from the Marine Corps Marathon staff and their mascots, Miles and Molly!