2008 Walk On! Challenge Results

Nearly 11,000 Arizona fifth-graders collectively walked 3.4 billion steps during the month of February, an amount equivalent to 1.7 million miles, or 68 trips around the Earth!

Students from 400 Arizona elementary schools completed the Challenge, and 44 of the schools reported 100 percent participation from their fifth-graders. Nadaburg Elementary School of Wittmann received a $2,500 grant from BCBSAZ in a drawing from a pool of theschools that reported 100 percent participation.

Students who walked 10,000 steps every day during the month of February were eligible to win an iMac® computer or one of 50 iPod® shuffles. The winning students were sent their prizes in early April.

The iMac® winner is from Porter Elementary in Mesa.

The 50 iPod® winners are from:

  • Bush Elementary, Mesa
  • Brichta Elementary, Tucson
  • Coyote Springs Elementary, Prescott Valley
  • Crismon Elementary, Mesa
  • DeGrazia Elementary, Tucson
  • Desert Thunder Elementary, Goodyear
  • Desert View Elementary, Phoenix
  • Desert Willow Elementary, Cave Creek
  • Drachman Montessori Magnet School, Tucson
  • Dreaming Summit Elementary, Litchfield Park
  • Eisenhower Elementary, Mesa
  • Esperanza Elementary, Phoenix
  • Franklin East Elementary, Mesa
  • Franklin Northeast Elementary, Mesa
  • Franklin South Elementary, Mesa
  • Ironwood Elementary, Tucson
  • Irving Elementary, Mesa
  • Ishikawa Elementary, Mesa
  • Jack L. Kuban Elementary, Phoenix
  • Keller Elementary, Mesa
  • Kyrene de la Estrella Elementary, Phoenix
  • Kyrene de las Manitas Elementary, Tempe
  • Lafe Nelson Elementary, Safford
  • Las Sendas Elementary, Mesa
  • Lehi Elementary, Mesa
  • Lincoln Elementary, Mesa
  • Madison #1 Middle School, Phoenix
  • Maldonado Elementary, Tucson
  • Mary A. Otondo Elementary, Yuma
  • Mesa Academy for Advanced Studies, Mesa
  • Pine Strawberry Elementary, Pine
  • Pioneer Elementary, Gilbert
  • Puente de Hozho Elementary, Flagstaff
  • R.E. Simpson Elementary, Phoenix
  • Rio Colorado Elementary, San Luis
  • Robson Elementary, Mesa
  • Sacred Heart School, Prescott
  • Sahuaro Elementary, Phoenix
  • Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic School, Yuma
  • San Tan Heights Elementary, Queen Creek
  • Sirrine Elementary, Chandler
  • Sousa Elementary, Mesa
  • Stevenson Elementary, Mesa
  • Taft Elementary School, Mesa
  • Taylor Intermediate School, Snowflake
  • Thew Elementary, Tempe
  • Town & Country Elementary , Sierra Vista
  • Webster Elementary, Mesa
  • Zaharis Elementary, Mesa