Stuart's Poetry in Motion 5K Run/Walk May 16 Fitness Fair to Follow

    PRINCETON, NJ, April 29, 2015 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart, the all-girls K-12 school in Princeton, invites the public to participate in the 8th Annual Poetry in Motion, 5K Run/Walk, on May 16, 2015. The race is certified as an official race of USA Track and Field. The race will be followed by the school's first Fitness Fair, featuring advice from experts in young women's sports, nutrition and fitness.

Serious runners and casual walkers are invited to register for the 5K Run/Walk. There will also be a Children's Race for children under 8 and childcare and activities for ages two and up.

Registration for all events, including childcare, is online at www.stuartschool.org/5KRun or at Stuart starting at 7:30 AM on the day of the race.

The course begins at the main entrance driveway to Stuart at 1200 Stuart Road in Princeton. Runners will travel east on Stuart Road, turning left on Bouvant Drive. At the end of Bouvant Drive they turn around and will be directed to the finish line in the Stuart Upper Parking Lot. Stuart Road will be closed during the race and ample parking will be available.

Immediately following the race, participants are invited to join fitness and wellness professionals for Stuart's first Fitness Fair. Director of Athletics Justin Leith, Athletic Trainer Megan Kreyling, Flik Independent School Dining Nutritionist Susan Cooper and others will be sharing their expertise. Learn about ACL prevention for young women, concussions in sports, athletic performance and training, nutrition and overall fitness.

All funds raised go to support Stuart's Lies, Light, McCarthy Visiting Author Program. Stuart is grateful to this year's race sponsors:

The Frith Family
Sills Cummis & Gross P.C., Lawrence S. Horn and Simon Kimmelman
Stuart Class of 1973
Bai Brands
Littleford Electrical Contracting
Mason, Griffin & Pierson, P.C.
Microbilt Corporation
E. Allen Reeves, Inc.
d2 Solutions
Flik Independent School Dining
The Lamke Family '14 '18
Leigh Imaging
The Manzulli- Ajemian Family
Montgomery News
Montgomery Pediatric Dentistry
Princeton Fitness and Wellness
The Rangecroft Family
Stuart Class of 2008
Stuart Class of 2011
Twine gift shop
United Strength Academy
The Vera Family '08 '13 '18
Jeffry Zavotsky, MD

This is the eighth year of the Poetry in Motion 5K, established in 2008 in memory of Victoria Flournoy McCarthy, a former English department chair and 1971 graduate of Stuart. All funds raised go to support Stuart's Lies, Light, McCarthy Visiting Author Program that brings prominent writers to spend the day on campus to share their experience and knowledge of writing with Stuart students. Visiting Authors have included Pulitzer Prize winners Paul Muldoon (2009) and Jhumpa Lahiri (2011) as well as best-selling and award-winning writers Jonathan Safran Foer (2010), Naomi Shihab Nye (2012), Edwidge Danticat (2013), Jane Hirshfield (2014), and Mark Salzman (2015).

As the only all-girls school in Princeton, New Jersey, Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart is uniquely positioned to provide an environment where girls put academics first, are willing and able to take risks, and explore every opportunity. Nestled on 55 wooded acres, our challenging curriculum takes advantage of the way girls learn in the STEM fields of science, technology, engineering and math--as well as the arts, humanities, and athletics. Founded in 1963, Stuart enrolls girls in Jr. K-12, and has a co-ed Early Childhood Program.

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