ONLY

1000 MILES

TIMBUKTU!

Check out the Walking Tally to see our current mileage.

At 2441 miles, BHCS has walked over half of the 4600 miles to Timbuktu!  As we cross the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (an underwater mountain range), give yourself a pat on the back (or a foot rub) and keep walking!

More information about the Mid-Atlantic Ridge here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_Ridge

We're 1000 miles into our walk to Timbuktu!  Wow!  The extra walking during lunch recess on Thursday helped bring us to the quadruple-digit milestone!  Students in 6-8 did 15 laps for 3 miles, K-2 students did 54 laps for almost 11 miles, and 3-5 students topped the list with 114 laps, or almost 23 miles in 20 minutes!

Check out the Walking to Timbuktu blog to see the updated tally by classroom.

Students, now you can add EVEN MORE miles toward our walk to Timbuktu!  Record your walking/running/hiking on the footprint form, get a parent signature, and bring the form back to your classroom teacher.  Your "outside of school" miles will count toward your class totals.

Click below to download a copy of the footprint to record miles walked outside of school.

files/homefootprint.pdf

Total as of May 16th

We've arrived in Boston!

With a population of almost 600,000 (and nearly 6 million in the Boston metro area), Boston is the largest city in New England.  And, it's our last stop in the United States before we begin our long journey across the Atlantic Ocean!

For more information and fun Boston facts, check out Wikepedia.

For a geographical perspective on Boston, check out Google Maps.

Timbuktu or Bust!

Students and staff are tackling the goal of walking (virtually) to Timbuktu, Mali in West Africa as a way of combining our school focus on wellness and Africa.  Classes will track their mileage in their Pacer training in Gym classes, as well as distances when they walk around the school or the soccer field.  There will also be organized walking days during recess.  Progress will be reported here on the website as we walk to Boston and then head Southeast, across the Atlantic!  If everyone at BHCS walks 4.5 miles/month between now and June, we can cover the 4600 miles... and if they walk MORE, well, there is a lot more of Africa we can walk through!