Daily mile pays off

According to Atticus Finch, the admirable dad in To Kill a Mockingbird, “You never really understand a person until you walk a mile in their shoes.”

While not walking in each other’s literal or figurative shoes, for the past few years, St. Francis second-grade teacher Stacie Kessler and her students have been walking a mile each school day. The students could change that line from Atticus Finch to read, “You never really feel alive until you walk a daily mile with Mrs. Kessler!”

She signed up with The Daily Mile, a nonprofit organization that encourages movement for more focused students and a better learning outcome. Science tells us that movement keeps kids healthy, happy, and ready to engage in classroom learning.