Bradley Students Win With Fitness

students learned all about the benefits of exercise when they completed the Governor's Fitness Challenge last spring.

A total of 297 kids exercised for at least 30 minutes each day, three days a week by playing volleyball, flag football, soccer, softball, track, floor hockey, disc golf and Ultimate Frisbee.

If the endorphin rush, fitness and sheer fun of it all wasn't enough, Thursday the students were rewarded monetarily: the school won $5,000 for sports equipment and another $2,000 in gift certificates from CVS Pharmacy so teachers can buy school supplies.

The Corralitos school met a state-set benchmark in May, qualifying the students for a competition with all the schools in the tri-county area.

PE teacher Bill Bunner led the effort. He said he has big plans for the $5,000 dedicated to athletic equipment: soccer goals, a chalk-liner for fields, street hockey equipment, a new dance game set for rainy days and more.

Bunner said the gift will go fast but he hopes to acquire some hard-to-get equipment that will benefit students.

The kids also got royal blue Bradley Elementary School Frisbees for their efforts, an announcement that got a rousing applause from students.