What:  Madera Running Club is a voluntary before school activity for all grade levels. Family participation is welcome. Students do not have to run, walkers are welcome as well.

Why:  Studies have shown that physical activity has an overall positive effect on academic performance, representing measures of academic achievement, academic behavior, and cognitive skills and attitudes.

When: Monday–Friday from 8:00–8:20.  Parent volunteers are needed daily from 7:50 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Sorry, no Running Club on rainy days. Running Club for the 2018–2019 school year starts September 4th, 2018 and ends May 31, 2019.

Where:  Madera lower yard track.

How does it work:  Each child will drop off their backpack and come pick up their runner ID badge.  Each time the child completes a lap their badge will be scanned.  Run distance data will be uploaded to a secure website. The children can view their progress and the overall school progress by logging into the stride track website with their individual runner ID: http://www.stridetrack.net/StrideTrack/#  (The student’s individual runner ID number will be provided in the Friday Folder). Nine times around the track equals 1 mile.

Rainy day policy: There will be no Running Club on days with a 75% or greater chance of rain at 7:00 am, or excessive fog.  Please, on rainy days, DO NOT drop off children before 8:20 am.

Cancellations:  Running Club may be cancelled on occasion due to weather, lack of volunteers, or other unforeseen circumstances.  For cancellations other than rain (see above rainy day policy), notifications will be sent out via RainedOut.com.  

Sign up to receive text or e-mail notifications at:

https://www.rainedout.net/team_page.php?a=9b3cc01379b285323b4d or

text 94530 to 84483 to receive alerts from Madera Elementary Running Club

School goal:  Let’s try to beat last years total mileage of 8,698!

If you have questions or are willing to volunteer please contact Kati Oliver at: koliver910@gmail.com.

HOW TO Login to keep track of your child’s mileage: