Walk-a-Thon 2011

Mahalo for a Fantastic 2011 Walk-A-Thon!

Thank you to all the parents, teachers, and staff who volunteered their time, energy, and creativity to make our 2011 Surf The Turf Walk-a-Thon a huge success! Hundreds of people from our St. Simon Parish School community came out for our biggest party of the year to raise money for our PAG Teacher Fund.

 

Key accomplishments and Fun Facts:

  • Underwriting and sponsorships are up 10% from last year!
  • 315 participants walked a combined 5967 laps. This translates to 1492 miles! Wow!
  • Phenomenal turnout from our Junior High! 128 middle school students participated!
  • This year 82 kids raised over $100! Fantastic job getting sponsors!
  • 294 ice cream cones served (favorite flavor: Cookies-N-Cream)!
  • An army of close to 100 volunteer teachers, staff and parents!!! And FUN was had by ALL!
  • 5 requests for Justin Bieber songs cancelled out by 5 requests NOT to play Justin Bieber songs.
  • Congratulations to the raffle prize winners who were picked at the Assembly on May 10th.

Raffle winners and Walk-A-Thon prizes were announced at the Awards Rally on Tuesday, May 10. A special shout out goes to Curtis Reitmeir who earned “The Golden Shoe” award by walking the most laps ... 61 total! And the “Walk-A-Thon Grand Prize” – awarded to the student who raised the most money – goes to ... Natalie Erjavec! Congratulations on a super job!

Thanks again to EVERYONE for coming out and supporting our school!

We’ll See YOU at next years
Walk-A-Thon!
April 29, 2012

  

Where does the money go?

The Walk-a-Thon is organized by the St. Simon School parents to generate funds for the Parent Advisory Group (PAG) Teacher Fund. The Teacher Fund was initiated in 1998 to help recruit and retain well-qualified and dedicated teachers. The Teacher Fund encourages teachers to enhance their classroom performance by reimbursing them (currently at $1800 annually for full-time teachers) for continuing education, credential fees, supplementary materials, student incentives and productivity tools such as software. St. Simon is one of a handful of diocesan schools with such a reimbursement fund. It differentiates our school and enables academic excellence. Teachers deeply appreciate the Fund. In turn, St. Simon students directly benefit from a more dynamic and stimulating learning environment.

How do we do this?

To accomplish this successful event, it takes the dedication of our St. Simon students, faculty, staff, parents and community to collect sponsors, walk laps and volunteer their time. This event would not be possible without the generosity of our sponsors, underwriters, and donors. We can’t thank our community enough for their efforts and commitment to such a wonderful cause. We look forward to this fun family event and will be getting ready soon for next year’s.

Thank you for your continued support!