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Middle
School Team Guidelines
To help schools get organized
for participation in this P.A.C.E. Trek, we've put together
a few guidelines. Please keep in mind that these are truly
"guidelines" and you can certainly do what is necessary to
have one or more teams participate using the resources,
space and time that you have available.
  A
school can have more than one team!
In fact, a school can have as many teams as it would like. A
team can be of any size, but the idea is to try and pace
along with Paul. He will average about 165 miles during a
five-day school week. So, as an example, each student on a team of 80 kids
would need to log about 2 miles per week for the team to
keep pace with Paul. Remember, this entire trek will only
require 16 school days (April 22 - May 13, 2009).
To
help prevent injury, try to have no fewer than 11 middle
school students
on a team. If
a team were to only have 11 students, then each student would need
to contribute about 15 miles per week in order for the team to keep pace with Paul.
Fifteen miles per week is Paul's recommended maximum mileage for
middle school children.
If
possible, mileage
should be acquired during the school day
(unless sports or club related) while
at Physical Education class, recess, or some other time
set by the team's supervising teacher.
Some
youth sports mileage will be
allowed. Each team member who is also on a
sports team (such as through YMCA or school), or in a run/walk
club, may use some of their mileage as follows:
|
Team Size |
Mileage Allowed
(from Sport or
Run/Walk Club) |
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100 or more students |
Up to ½ Mile Each Week
Per Person |
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80 to 100 students |
Up to 1 Mile Each Week
Per Person |
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60 to 80 students |
Up to 1½ Miles Each
Week Per Person |
|
45 to 60 students |
Up to 2 Miles Each Week
Per Person |
|
35 to 45 students |
Up to 2½ Miles Each Week
Per Person |
|
25 to 35 students |
Up to 4 Miles Each
Week Per Person |
|
11 to 25 students |
Up to 5½ Miles Each Week
Per Person |
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NOTE: Allowable Miles Are Only Those Actually
Completed! |
Running
and walking mileage counts towards a team's total.
However, no other activity should be converted to miles in
order to build a team's total (like converting the number of
jumping jacks into miles).
Students
with special needs should be given opportunities to use the
abilities they have to contribute to a team's distance. In
such cases, converting the amount of an activity to miles
is allowed.
Pedometers
can be used to measure distance, but cannot simply
be worn all day during school to obtain miles. Pedometers can be used during
times established for running/walking to acquire trek
mileage.
One supervising
team teacher and up to 2 adult assistants
may run/walk with students during school times
set for acquiring trek mileage. The adults may also add their
distance to the team total.
Once
P.A.C.E. Trek 2009 is underway, teams shouldn't add more people.
However, if a team member becomes sick or injured and cannot
continue, he or she may be replaced if a substitute is
available.
Teams
can consist of multiple middle school grades. Some middle
schools have 6th grade as part of the school, while others
do not. Feel free to make teams from any grades in your
school.
Team
leaders can use any means that they prefer for keeping track
of participants' mileage.
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