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Experience GOTR
Inspiring girls in Northern Virginia to be joyful, healthy and confident using a fun, experience-based curriculum which creatively integrates running
Team Spirit
Follow the Bonnie Brae Elementary School team through a season of Girls on the Run and see first hand how the Program inspires girls and their volunteer Coaches.
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Girls on the Run
Girls on the Run is an after school program that uses the power of running to help prepare girls in grades 3-5 for a lifetime of self-respect and healthy living. Through interactive activities such as running, playing games, and discussing important issues, participants learn how to celebrate being girls.
The program focuses on building self-esteem and improving emotional and physical health. During the 10-week program, girls are empowered with greater self-awareness, a sense of achievement and a foundation in team building to help them become strong, contented and self-confident young women.
Each session is led by trained female coaches that guide and mentor girls through a fun and uplifting curriculum. Coaches teach specific life lessons such as dealing with body image and the media, resisting peer-pressure, making healthy decisions, and contributing to the community. Along the way, the girls train together to walk or run in a 5K (3.1 mile) event.
Girls on Track
For girls in grades 6-8, we offer a program called Girls on Track. Girls were having so much fun and felt so connected to Girls on the Run that this second program was added in 1996 to carry the girls through middle school.
The principal philosophies and psychological research that guide Girls on the Run and Girls on Track are the same. However, the curricula for Girls on Track includes discussions on topics targeted to older, middle school girls such as eating disorders, tobacco and alcohol use, personal/internet safety, and harassment.
Like Girls on the Run, the Girls on Track program is delivered by volunteer coaches, each of who undergoes training in the GOTR curriculum. All coaches submit to a background check and are CPR certified.
