Walk and Talk is a PTO program that encourages exercise and fitness.  It is held in the fall and the spring, with the spring goal being to walk/run in the Burns Park Run as a part of the Burns Park Walk and Talk team.  Each team member gets a special t-shirt to wear on race day. The program starts around the first day of spring about six weeks before the BPR.

Kids can spend their lunch-time recess on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday walking/running laps around the park to train for the run.  The “course”, which is one third of a mile, is marked by cones. Parent volunteers help by marking the kid’s laps on cards. Daytime parent volunteers are the key to program's success.

Small plastic feet, nick-named toe-tags, are awarded for various achievements and worn by the kids on their shoes laces.  Mileage awards include a small toe-tag after each three mile completion, a large toe-tag every twelve miles, and a glow-in-the-dark toe-tag after fifteen miles.  We get toe tags from Fitness Finders: 1-800-789-WALK or www.fitnessfinders.net .

In order to participate in the run as a team member, the kids need  to do at least three laps on two of the three days during each week in the spring.

Shirts are designed in art class and could potentially be shared by other schools, depending on the design. Our PTO pays for the Burns Park Walk and Talk shirts.

After School Mini-Martian Marathon / Burns Park Run Training: Click here to download a permission slip for kids to participate in this new activity! Bring your permission slip to the first run you attend. The training calendar can be found at left. Log 26.5 miles in a month!