Congratulations to everyone who ran, walked and helped with the 2016 MKA 5K!

The MKA 5K was held on May 22 at Verona Park as a service learning project organized by our 8th grade students. Student volunteers worked all year to secure our time at Verona Park, find a chip-timing system, design t-shirts, get supplies and put together all details big and small to ensure a successful race to raise money for classroom projects in schools in high-poverty areas. Together they raised over $10,000 to use towards purchasing classroom supplies for other schools through DonorsChoose.org. Some projects they've already funded have sent iPads to a middle school theatre program and to a class of special needs students, basketballs and a storage rack to a school where students can't have recess outside and snacks to students who don't always get a snack at school or at home. A special thank you to CherylAnne Amendola for making the MKA 5K the great success that is was!

To view more pictures form the day click here.

Photo Credit: Derek Morf