Southdown Turkey Trot Gets
Hearts Pumping
Most kids are always hungry, but this year’s Southdown School Turkey Trot Fun Run probably helped generate some extra-large appetites for Thanksgiving Day. After all, few things can rival exercise to stimulate a person’s taste buds.
Southdown physical education teachers Theresa E. Matthews and Lynn Hefele organized and coordinate the annual trot, which played out over three days last week leading up to Thanksgiving. Students at the school received a construction paper turkey cutout at the start of the run to help record data on their progress. Each time one of the youngsters circled the athletic field their paper turkey got a hole punched in it.
At the conclusion of the timed run, students were asked to count their respective hole-punches and record the number of individual laps on a large reporting form on the gym wall. Classes then tallied up t
Each class tallied up their total laps and then compared their result to that of other classes. Prior year’s posters were displayed so students could compare the present with the past. The invigorating exercise had the kid’s hearts pumping and their muscles in high gear.
“The physical education teachers enjoyed another wonderful year of engaging their students in a fun activity that promoted physical fitness and increased their cardio-respiratory endurance,” Southdown Principal Michelle Marino said.