Alta's Vista's Walk on the Wild Side 2024 Walkathon
The moment you have all been waiting for.....AVHSC is ready to announce our top winners for the 2024 Walk on the Wild Side Walkathon!!!
Congratulations to Winson W. in 5th grade and Deniz S. in 4th grade. They both tied for first place with 71 laps! We also have our top leaders for each grade below:
Also, a big congratulations and thank you to our student that raised that most money! Graham D. raised an amazing $1750!!! We would also like to recognize and thank our remaining top 5 students that also raised the most money:
Lastly, we would like to give a special shout out to Theo W. who not only was in the top 5 for most money raised but also have the highest number of donors! Way to go Theo!
The Walkathon Committee will be reaching out to the winners with prizes. A complete list of winners, including the 10 lap most laps for each grade, will be announced in the AVHSC November Cougar Courier. If there are any questions, please contact avhscfundraising@gmail.com.
The 2024 ALTA VISTA WALK ON THE WILD SIDE walkathon will be wild animal themed this year. It will start at 9:00am on Saturday, October 12th and will end at 3:00pm.
This is an event for the whole family so bring your chairs, blankets, pop up tents or canopies and hang out for the day!
Every student that registers by the deadline will receive a Walkathon t-shirt and the first 100 students that register receive a pair of Alta Vista sunglasses!!
Families will need to submit a $50 registration fee for each child in order to be eligible for prizes. This money goes to help pay for the T-shirts as well as other walkathon expenses.
Laps will be tracked on punch cards and you must register on or before September 25th to ensure your child gets a T-shirt and a punch card for the event. T-shirts and punch cards will be at the Check-In table. Please arrive early to avoid the line. Check in starts at 8:30am. Students should wear their athletic shoes to this event.
Click here to go to our Walkathon FAQs.
Important Information for Parents:
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Parents must register their child(ren) for them to participate, receive a T-shirt, receive pledges, and be eligible for prizes.
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Note to 5th Grade Parents: We WILL be collecting science camp fees this year during the walkathon. Specific information will be sent to all 5th grade parents separately.
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If your child(ren) needs to leave during the event to participate in sports activities or games, your child(ren) will receive a 10 lap credit.
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All children attending the event 12 and under need to have an adult chaperone
If you have any questions about the website, please email Lauren Jewell at avhscpresident@gmail.com.
If you have any general Walkathon questions, please email Lindsay Hogan at avhscfundraising@gmail.com.
Click here view our Walkathon FAQs.
CongratulationS to our Walk on the Wild SidE WALKATHON
Logo Contest Winner
Kaitlyn G
3rd Grade
Honorable Mentions
| Sunwoo J. |
Yeonwoo J. |
Natasha C. |
| 3rd Grade |
5th Grade |
4th Grade |
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Alta Vista's Spooky Sprint 2023 Walkathon
Thank you to all the families that came out to Walkathon on October 13th, 2023! It was great to see so many parents and families out on the field! We had a lot of volunteers that showed up to help and we could not have done it without you! Just to give everyone an idea of how successful this event was, we would like to share some impressive numbers with all of you.
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We had 420 student registrations which is about 72% of the school.
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We had at least 94 volunteer signups to help with planning and help during the event.
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We had 530 students turn in laps cards and with all the recorded laps the students combined ran over 3,500 miles!
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We raised just over $50,000.00 and after fees and event expenses netted over $38,000.00. Thank you to all the families that registered and helped get donations from friends and family.
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We are awarding 126 prizes!
FANTASTIC WORK ALTA VISTA!!!!!
2023 Spooky Sprint Info
2022 Mummy Mash Walkathon
