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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Running Club is for lower-schoolers (4-8 grades) who do something wrong, like unscrew the cap of the salt-shaker at the lunch table just before a teacher uses the salt-shaker. The club is by invitation only, and one goes for a run around the cathedral close after school with the head of the lower school. [/quote]

What??  Is this for real?[/quote]
It is a disciplinary thing--kind of like running laps for messing around at a sports practice.  Friday afternoon after school for Lower Schoolers (4-8)  It's about a mile and they run pretty slow!  I think it's more an issue of having to face up "man to man" to the Lower School Head to atone for the misdeeds, then get in a little honest sweat.  A rather unique twist on "getting sent to the principal's office.".   [/quote]

One of my concerns with this would be whether this was a public shaming sort of event.  Perhaps no one sees who is out for a run with the Head of the Lower School, but it reminds me somewhat of the way in which Mater Dei handles discipline issues (ie: forcing a boy to wear a Barbie backpack for a messy bookbag, or sending boy home in a cab for an infraction.)  We would like to apply to STA so I hope "the lesson" is not turned into a public spectacle.  [/quote]

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