Beaumont World Fit “Walking to Rio and Back”

What is World Fit World Fit is a program created and backed by over 8,000 Olympians and Paralympians dedicated to fight childhood obesity in America. It is a six-week walking program developed for elementary and middle school students. World Fit at Beaumont kicks off after spring break, April 7 th -May 23 rd, in which all students at Beaumont will walk at least one mile twice a day during school.

Walk outer loop once and then upper loop once

“Wetlands Way” Walk outer loop 2 times

“Football Fourths” Walk around football field 4 times

Logging Your Miles During the six weeks you will be asked to keep track of your miles. Each student will get there own username and password to use on the World Fit site. At the end of the six weeks each student should have 60 campus miles they have earned while walking at school.

Other Activities That Count If you are involved in other activities outside of school hours, you can receive sport and activity credit that can be applied to “walking miles” as well. Activities such as: aerobics, archery, baseball, basketball, bicycling, bowling, dance, discus, diving, horseback riding, football, golf, gymnastics, lacrosse, rollerblading, softball, soccer, karate, tennis, trampoline, volleyball, wrestling, etc.

Buddy Miles  Parents, relatives, friends and neighbors can all participate in the World Fit walk as Buddies.  Half the distance that your Buddy logs in can be donated to students and this includes sports and activity credits.  Buddies can only give to one designated students every day.  Buddies can be unlimited.  They just simply need to sign up at

Stay with class Don’t run ahead Hands to self including horseplay Be nice to ALL neighbors (human and furry) Don’t pick up any objects Laugh and have fun Keep up the pace Stay on walking path Use Restroom before going out

To Have and Not to Have  We will be walking for 6 weeks.  Its important to be prepared: Have these instead of these or these on your feet when you walk.  Bring sunscreen or a hat  Hydrate, hydrate, hydrate

Let’s Make2014—A REPEAT! Beaumont has won the World Fit national title in 2010 and Let’s repeat this year by logging in those miles April 7 th -May 23 rd !