Schools
The Great Race Proceeds Are Tallied. How Much Did Your School Earn?
Seventeen Middletown Township public schools were awarded money earned from student participation in the huge annual event run by volunteers.
The numbers are in from the 2012 Great Race of Middletown, and as usual, everybody won.
Last fall 4,022 school children took part in the event October 20 athletic event at Middletown High School North. They raised a total of $44,242 for school parent organizations. That's up $8,982 from the year before.
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"It's incredible how much the enrollment has grown in the past few years," said Great Race Chairwoman Joan Minnues. Participation in the 8 to 10 year-olds' race, for example, jumped from 200 to 800 kids, she said, and the Race Committee has decided that next year there will a three dedicated races just for those zippy 8 year-olds, 9 year-olds and 10 year-olds.
At the Board of Education meeting Wednesday night, Minnues thanked the army of Great Race generous sponsors and army of volunteers, and announced the amounts earned by each school. Here is the list of checks distributed by the The Great Race Committee of the Middletown Township Education Foundation:
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SCHOOL
PARTICIPANTS
AWARD
Bayview
160
$1,760
Fairview
250
$2,750
Harmony
310
$3,410
Lincroft
390
$4,290
Leonardo
115
$1,265
Middletown Village
605
$6,655
New Monmouth
285
$3,135
Nut Swamp
565
$6,215
Navesink
120
$1,320
Ocean Ave.
75
$825
Port Monmouth
225
$2,475
River Plaza
290
$3,190
Bayshore
135
$1,485
Thorne
172
$1,892
Thompson
254
$2,794
Middletown North
56
$616
Middletown South
15
$165
TOTAL
4022
$44,242
The winner for "Most Participation" was Middletown Village School. The school with the highest percentage of enrollment in the The Great Race as Nut Swamp. Port Monmouth won for most improved enrollment from last year's race and Thompson Middle School won for the "Most Participation." The schools each got a banner to hang in their gyms.
The 2013 Great Race will be Oct. 19 at Middletown High School South. The committee will be looking for student artwork for the t-shirt design.
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