Eighth graders Liz Demmon, Madeline Arnett, and Jianna Gudebski take a break from jogging in the Jog-A-Thon. - Briana Fortenbach Ready...Set...Jog-A-Thon! Tuesday, February 10, 2009 By Carly Tse Advertising     The Jog-A-Thon is an annual event that SCDS hosts every year. Last year it was during the spring and this year it was at the beginning of the year, on September 26th, 2008.     Christina Kaufman was in charge of the Jog-A-Thon this year. She removed the field day portion from the program because of all the activities going on during the week, such as Homecoming.     The refreshments are a popular feature of the Jog-A-Thon. “The Jamba Juice is my all-time favorite because it’s refreshing after we run and I like it, too!” said seventh grader Hannah Takekawa.     This year the planner has changed how students can earn prizes; instead of being based on the amount of money each student raises, it’s based on the number of pledges per lap. “Instead of giving out water bottles for sponsoring I would give out gift certificates to Borders or Starbucks,” suggested Hannah.     Katie Vrame, a sixth grade student, said that she enjoyed this year’s Jog-A-Thon and the Jamba Juice.  She also misses the fun field day but is okay with the Homecoming rally. “ I think to make the Jog-A-Thon more fun the parents who are working there should squirt us with squirt guns or throw streamers at us!” she said.     While jogging this year, sixth and seventh grade English teacher Ms. Grieve was wearing an old Jog-A-Thon t-shirt from when she was in seventh grade at SCDS. She said that she still remembers the jog clearly. “ It was on the same field as it was this year. The only difference was that it seemed bigger than it does to me now,” she said.

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