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Dodson MS SRLA. 2013-2014. Our Mission. Students Run LA (SRLA) is a school-based mentoring and physical fitness program for at-risk middle and high school students in the Los Angeles area.
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Dodson MS SRLA 2013-2014
Our Mission • Students Run LA (SRLA) is a school-based mentoring and physical fitness program for at-risk middle and high school students in the Los Angeles area. • The mission of Students Run LA is to challenge these students to experience the benefits of goal setting, character development, adult mentoring and improved health by providing them with a truly life-changing experience: The training for and completion of the ASICS LA Marathon. • Students who participate in SRLA learn to set and achieve goals, make new friends and become part of a team, and gain leadership skills.
Our History • In 1986, a continuation high school teacher, Harry Shabazian, in East Los Angeles finished the first LA Marathon and felt personally transformed by the experience. • He then challenged his students, who were in trouble or headed for it, to train with him for the next LA Marathon and change their lives as well. • These young people, labeled misfits and under-achievers, not only finished the LA Marathon the following year, but also finished high school and went to college and jobs.
Our History (cont.) • Since 1989, more than 51,000 students have been served by SRLA. The growth of the program has only increased its success. Each year: • More than 95% of the students who start the marathon, finish the full 26.2 mile course • More than 95% of the seniors who run the marathon graduate from high school • More than 90% of SRLA graduating seniors have plans to attend college
Last Year’s Stats • March 2013, 99% of the 3184 SRLA runners completed the ASICS LA Marathon. • June 2013, 99% of the 693 SRLA seniors who completed the marathon with SRLA graduated from high school • 95% of them plan to go to college or university in September 2013.
What is SRLA’s impact on students? • Students become physically active for an average of ten hours a week as they prepare for the Marathon. • Students who finish the Marathon with SRLA tend to graduate from high school • SRLA students report getting better grades and missing fewer days of school • SRLA students are more likely to have plans to attend college or university after their high school graduation.
Dodson SRLA • Practice: Mon, Tues, Thurs, Sat • Afterschool @ 3:15 (Mon/Tues) • Afterschool @ 1:45 (Thurs.) • 7AM Saturday (MANDATORY) • Primary Leader: Ms. Jennifer Trejo • (562) 607-6267 • Jennifer.trejo@srla.org
2013-14 Training Calendar • September • Sat 28 7:30am Say No to Drugs 5K @ Dockweiler • October • Sun 27 8:00am La Puente Main Steet Run • November • Sun 17 8:00am Say No to Drugs 15K @ Universal • December • Sun 15 8:00am Holiday 1/2 Marathon @ Pomona Fairplex • January • Sat 11 8:00am So Cal ½ Marathon @ Irvine • February • Sat 11 8:00am 18-mile Friendship Run @ Hansen Dam • March • Sun 9 7:00am ASICS LA Marathon
Over the past 24 years… • 1,920,000 miles covered by SRLA participants during 2012-13 alone • 186,000 hours collectively given by the volunteer teacher/leaders annually • 104,000 pairs of running shoes • 72,000 training shirts • 51,000 students • 6,500 volunteer teacher/leaders • 1,932 scholarships awarded • 1 goal – completing the ASICS LA Marathon.