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Brant Avenue PS places 1st in national fitness and literacy challenge

For Immediate Release
May 31, 2016

GUELPH, Ontario – Students at Brant Avenue Public School have achieved an incredible accomplishment, placing first overall at a national fitness and literacy challenge.

On Sat. May 28, 700 students from across the county were at York University for the Start2Finish 5K Running & Reading Challenge.

Start2Finish currently has 33 Running & Reading Club programs in Canada, with plans to expand to 50 clubs by 2018.

Brant Avenue PS is the second school in the Upper Grand District School Board to run the program (Willow Road Public School was the first).

The program runs for 32 weeks, and at Brant Avenue is run mostly by a group of 20 to 30 community volunteers, with the help of some staff. Fifty students in grades 3 to 6 participate in circuit training and train for a 5K run. They are also given a fitness program that they can take home to work on with their family. They participate in character education lessons and work on their literacy skills.

All of this hard work culminates in the 5K Challenge held in May.

At this year’s challenge, Brant Avenue PS placed first in the reading category, first in the running category and first overall.

Not only did the students show amazing success in setting and achieving their goals, their character also shone through, as many students who had already finished their 5K race went back on to the course to meet with other students and help them finish out their run.

Congratulations to Brant Avenue PS!

Brant Avenue PS places first overall in 2016 Running and Reading Challenge

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For more information:
Heather Loney, Communications and Community Engagement Officer
Upper Grand District School Board
519-822-4420 ext.725
[email protected]

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