Walk-a-thon

Kansai Christian School

 3 and 4 grade classrooms and 5 and 6 grade classroom building was remodeled on the inside over the summer.  But the outside needs some help.  We're working on raising money so that we can remodel the outside - the siding, insulation, roof and stairway.

To raise the money we had a walk-a-thon students received pledges for walking 5, 10 or 15 km.  

Our goal was about 1.7 million yen or about $21,000

My eight, first and second grade students raised 167,000 yen or about $2,000. 

So excited for their efforts!

All total the school raised 791,908 yen. Strong WORK!

On February 10 we walked various routes and received stickers when we hit each milestone.

^Here are the 1-4 grades walking 5 km.  They ditched their backpacks after the 1st lap.

^A few of the students ran most of the laps.

^The 5-8 graders had a 10 km route around the park that went past our route at various times.  Here are two 1st graders waving to the middle schoolers in the distance.

The 9-12 graders conquered a 15 km route.    

^The students completed the route so quickly we had ample time for playing at the park.

The kids loved the extra long slide on the hilltop.

^The teachers enjoyed the seesaw.

^Then we walked the last 1 km back to school (the 2 story building in the middle of the trees)

where we were greeted by some loving mothers with warm Tonjiru (Japanese soup), hot chocolate and corn soup.