RMS Fitness Fun Day

Rochester Memorial School will be hosting this year’s “Fitness Fun Day” on June 2. Originally known as the “Miles for Memorial School Kid’s Fitness Challenge,” this day-long, community service event was created to promote the health and wellness of RMS students while providing a grassroots fundraising initiative in support of fitness and fun!

Beginning in 2011, “Miles for Memorial School Kid’s Fitness Challenge” replaced traditional “field day” in an effort to address two important school community needs: fitness and finances. Past events generated donations for the purchase and installation of the northern playground structure and accompanying safety fence, while providing children with the opportunity to be physically active throughout the school day. This year, families can purchase school-spirit sweatshirts with funds raised and designated for the future purchase of a Traverse Climbing Wall to be installed in the RMS gymnasium. The link for purchases can be found on the RMS-PTO website.

The event will begin in the gymnasium at 9:15 am with an “All School Meeting” hosted by a representative from the American Heart Association. Immediately following our meeting will be our “Miles for Memorial All School Walk,” as students and staff will complete a 2-mile loop of the rural roadways that surround our school. Upon returning to the school grounds, students will be engaged in numerous fun and friendly physical activities requiring cooperation and/or competition and goal-setting.

Traditionally, June is a time of year when students across the South Coast are participating in typical “Field Day” events. At Rochester Memorial School, the fun will not just be in support of the health and wellness of current students, it will help to create community play and fitness opportunities for years to come!

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