Fifth and sixth graders climbed, crawled, hurdled, balanced, pulled or carried tires and ran around Deer Path Middle School on Friday to raise money to battle cancer.
At least 300 students took part in the annual Deer Path Dash, Principal Tom Cardamone said.
“We had been doing a field day before,” Cardamone said. “It was the same games and the same activities on the last day of school. It became kind of stale. How do we do something bigger and connect to a cause?”
Thus, the Deer Path Dash was born four years ago. Students pay $5 to participate in the obstacle course, with proceeds going to different causes each year. This year, more than $900 raised on June 2 will go to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Cardamone said.
Brooke Moore, a fifth grader, said the rope climbing was the most difficult of the 14 obstacles. She still preferred it to being in a classroom.
“If I could do this every day, I would do it every day,” Moore said.
Hector Romero, also a fifth grader, agreed.
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“We were active,” Romero said. “I liked it better (than being in class).”
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