Bedford Road School Pedometer Summary, June 2005

How Far Did We Walk?

In April, each child and classroom teacher was given the opportunity to wear a pedometer for a school day. (The ‘day’ was from around 8:30am to 2pm).

The school’s total mileage was 1214.3 miles (1954.2 km)

Yes, just over one thousand, two hundred and fourteen miles!

If you started at BRS and walked that far south you’d be in …. Miami !!

Or west … all the way into Kansas.

Or north … to the northern coast of the province of Quebec, Canada.

The 596 kids that participated walked 1174.9 of those miles, and the 23 teachers walked 39.4 miles

The kids’ average was almost 2 miles, and the teachers’ average was 1.7 miles (this may have been skewed by the kids’ enthusiasm in wearing the pedometers).

Thank you to everyone who helped this happen: the teachers; the kids; and also the Westchester County Department of Health ‘Fit Kids’ program who provided the pedometers.

For more info about Fit Kids go to: www.westchestergov.com/health/FitKids.htm

Health and Safety Committee, Bedford Road School PTA.