SLAS Times 2016/2017 Winter 2016 | Page 31

RUNNING ON AT JOG-A-THON BY PILAR PASCUAL The Jog-A-Thon was held on Friday, November 11, 2016, at Shanghai Livingston American School (SLAS). The Jog- A-Thon is one of SLAS’s special days, where students and teachers run around the track, raising money for the athletics department by competing against each other’s houses. The event took place throughout the whole day; the early years and elementary students ran in the morning, while the secondary students ran in the afternoon. It was a beautiful, sunny day; and it was a great day for the whole school, and everyone had a chance to participate and have fun. Mr. Alexander Brown, the athletics director at SLAS and the organizer of the Jog-A-Thon, briefly introduced the Jog-A-Thon to us in an interview. “It is an event we hold annually at SLAS whereby students in their houses run around in relay. Their distances are added together, giving us the final distance for each house. Students also donate money for the school’s athletics department, and we later use that money to buy new equipment.”Mr. Brown also mentioned, “It was a very successful Jog-A- Thon, where we raised about 18,000 RMB, more money than last year. Also, we ran a bit farther as a school. It was a very good and fun day, not to mention the amazing weather that we had.” Mr. Brown likes having a Jog-A- Thon, and he believes that it is a great event to have, especially since it benefits the whole school community. lap, passing the baton in relay to their teammates. After the time finished, the runners are asked to stop, and the laps that the team ran were counted and written down on a large board in order to keep track of all the points. After all the grades ran, all the distances were added up and the total score determined the winner. The winner of the event received a trophy and a certain amount of points that were added to the team’s record. This year, the Black Lions took the trophy home, thanks to their strong team spirit and their great teamwork. “Having a Jog-A-Thon is great because it helps us become better athletes by running and we also get to help the school at the same time,” said Sam Mun, a sophomore at SLAS.Sam, as a part of the Black Lion family, is proud of winning this year’s Jog-A-Thon. “I believe we won because of how competitive we were and the great team spirit that we shared,” he said. Sam believed it was a successful Jog-A-Thon, and everyone had fun at the event. The Jog-A-Thon was very successful this year, especially since everyone had fun participating. It was a good, sunny day, and the competitive atmosphere made everyone eager to run. All the students and teachers are very thankful for having an event like this that helps them connect and have fun together. The SLAS community hopes that next year’sJog-A-Thon will be as good as this The Jog-A-Thon is an event where students from all one, although they know that it will be hard to live up to. grades, whom were earlier in the year divided into the 4 different houses – White Tigers, Black Lions, Silver Snow Leopards, and Red Lynxes – ran around the track for 10 minutes as fast as they could. Students sprinted a half 31