Program Contact
Ellen Moore
ellen@runsra.org
STRIDE Program
Sac City Tracks Running to Improve Daily Education
2023-24 STRIDE Coordinator Identification
The registration window for SCUSD STRIDE has closed for the 2023-24 school year. Registration will reopen in the fall for the 2024-25 school year. Please contact Ellen Moore with any questions.
Who, What and Why
STRIDE is a sustainable partnership between the Sacramento City Unified School District and the Sacramento Running Association for a district-wide initiative to expose students to a healthy lifestyle through running.
Schools will be assigned a network that includes elementary schools, multi-grade schools, middle schools and high schools.
Using the networked school system, this initiative will integrate running/movement into the weekly elementary school schedule, the fall athletics middle school program and the high school senior project opportunity.
Goals/Outcomes
- Participation.
- Running/movement as a core activity and a gateway to a healthy lifestyle.
- Increase learning readiness.
- Reduce playground hassles by providing an organized and easily supervised activity for lunch recess time.
Program Details
- Running/movement opportunities available a minimum of two days per week on campus at all SCUSD elementary schools.
- Student badges will be scanned during exercise to track distance covered per session.
- Tracking data can be downloaded and shared with program leaders and educators for potential academic lessons as well as teaching students about goal setting, motivation and achievement.
- Students are eligible for rewards that will be distributed in 10-mile increments.
- Culminating end-of-program spring track meet opportunity:
- All 6th graders may participate in the spring track meet at their assigned network high school.
- Focus on effort, spirit and respect.
- Student-athletes are exposed to events ranging from 100 meters to 400 meters plus relays, jumps (high, long, hurdles), throws (shot put, turbo javelin, discus), yoga and aerobic/coordination activities.
Year 6 Success (2023-24)
- 84,924 miles logged
- 6,807 elementary student-athletes logged miles
- 21 schools each ran over 1,000 miles
- 7 schools each ran over 4,000 miles
- 2,800 student-athletes ran at least 10 miles
- 15 student-athletes ran 100 or more miles
Year 5 Success (2022-23)
- 83,133 miles logged
- 9,340 elementary student-athletes logged miles
- 21 schools ran over 1,000 miles
- 9 schools each ran over 4,000 miles
- Over 2,800 student-athletes ran at least 10 miles
- 15 student-athletes ran 100 or more miles!
Year 4 Success (2021-22)
- 74,811 miles logged
- Over 7,200 elementary student-athletes logged miles
- 18 schools ran over 1,000 miles
- 1 school ran over 13,500 miles
- Over 1,500 student-athletes ran at least 10 miles
- 14 student-athletes ran 100 or more miles!
- 1 student-athlete ran over 200 miles!
Year 3 Success (2020-21)
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent in-person school closures, the STRIDE program was conducted virtually in 2020-21.
- The STRIDE@HOME program is a weekly movement-based curriculum that was distributed to all students in SCUSD.
- The program featured 5 days worth of activities every week that could be completed wherever the student engaged in distance learning.
- Each day also included an add-on running option for students who had access to a safe running space and wanted to enhance their daily movement opportunities.
- The STRIDE@HOME program kept SCUSD students moving throughout the COVID-19 in-person school closures.
- Link to online program
Year 2 Success (2019-20)
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent school closures, data is through 3/13/20
- 93,282 miles logged
- Over 12,000 elementary student-athletes logged miles
- 20 schools ran over 1,000 miles
- 1 school ran over 11,000 miles
- Over 3,700 student-athletes ran at least 10 miles
- 16 student-athletes ran 100 or more miles!
- 3 student-athletes ran over 200 miles!
Inaugural Year Success (2018-19)
- 121,427 miles logged
- Over 12,000 elementary student-athletes logged miles
- 23 schools ran over 1,000 miles
- 2 schools each ran over 12,000 miles
- Over 4,500 student-athletes ran at least 10 miles
- 10 student-athletes ran 100 or more miles!
STRIDE Coordinator Information
Please contact Ellen Moore at ellen@runsra.org if you have any questions.