PTA Enrichment Program
Bobcat Tracksters
Bobcat Tracksters is a non-competitive running/walking club that takes place at Santa Rita's track every Tuesday and Friday morning from 7:30am to 8:15am. It is open to 4th, 5th and 6th grade students. The goal of Bobcat Tracksters is fitness with fun. Students earn a Bobcat Trackster t-shirt, wristbands and pins for laps ran or walked. Students also have the option to participate in local races later in the school year.
The Tracksters fall session begins on the 3rd Tuesday in September and the finishes on the Friday before Thanksgiving. The winter session will begin the last Tuesday in January and the final award ceremony is held the Friday before Junior Olympics.
There will be a charge of $20 per student, per semester. Scholarships are available. A release form, located in the Bobcat Trackster box in the office, is required to participate.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Bobcat Tracksters Coordinators, Susan Cook at susanlyanecook [at] gmail.com or Lee Ann Shell at leeannshell [at] aol.com.
In order to participate, all runners must print out and complete the following student waiver and return to the office:
Bobcat Lunch Time Strider
Bobcat Lunch Time Strider is a walk/run exercise program that takes place at the Santa Rita track during lunch time. The program is designed to promote exercise in a healthy, supportive and non-competitive manner.
In order to participate, all runners must print out and complete the following student waiver and return to the office:
Ecology Club
Santa Rita's Ecology Club meets the first and third Wednesdays of each month during lunch. All students are welcome and can join in a variety of ecology based activities. Many of these activities center around the garden planter boxes and include clearing out old gardens, tilling the soil and composting, and planting new gardens, many of which support the garden education classes at Santa Rita. Other activities can include recycling, a visit from the worm (composting) lady, nature scavenger hunts, sampling harvested tomatoes or making a salad from vegies in the garden, exploring the world of pumpkins, creating Earth Day posters, nature and ecology speakers, special book readings and more.