Students at the Doran Elementary School who walk to school receive small plastic "feet" as a reward on Friday for walking to school that day. They then can play a game of Four Square before classes begin. The Walk-to-School project was planned through the School Committee and Healthy City Fall River as a way to encourage more children and adults to walk. Six schools now participate in the program that acknowledges children who either walk to school or participate in a walking program within the school building. Click here to see pictures of Doran students walking in the school gym on rainy days. To see the October 2007 Herald News article about the event, click here. To see pictures of an earlier walking event at the school, click here. To see a similar walking program at the Greene School, click here. For more information about the program, contact Healthy City Coordinator Dr. Weed at 508-324-2411.
 

(Top row, left) Physical education teacher Dan Gambardella checks students Stasha Medeiros and Lizbeth Nieves off as they complete their walk to school (Top row, center) Everlyssia Carabello, Mariss Aguiar, Tatiana Candido, Abigail Dias, Alendra Costa and Sarah Rodrigues line up to receive their plastic "feet" tokens for walking to school from physical education teacher Gerard Guimond. (Top row, right) Mr. Guimond hands out more "feet" to Raymond Molina. (Middle row) Raymond Molina serves the ball in a game of Four Square.