Earns Award

From State

Newtown’s Walk To The Stop program, implemented last year, recently won the Connecticut Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance 2009 Outstanding Program award.

The Walk To The Stop program was sponsored by the Newtown Public School Wellness Committee. It encouraged students to walk to their bus stop to start modeling responsible behavior that will increase exercise, reduce gas waste from idling cars, reduce exhaust pollution, encourage positive social skills with others, and start and end the school day with a stress relieving burst of exercise and fresh air.

A recent press release from Newtown Public School’s District Health Coordinator Judy Blanchard said, “Newtown’s size and topography is not conducive to walking to school, we can continue to walk to the bus stop. Walking to the bus stop promotes physical activity, connections between school and community, and concern for the environment. Thank you to all of Newtown’s bus drivers for supporting the Walk to the Stop program. Let’s make walking to the bus stop a healthy habit.”