By J1 Reporter Eva Kriener Walk-A-Thon. This phrase is something every Marian girl knows by heart. Walk-A-Thon, also shortened to WAT, took place on Sept. 30. It is an annual fundraising event characterized by walking a certain distance depending on the amount of money raised by each grade. Many Marian students enjoy WAT and see… Read More Walk-A-Thon matters to homeroom teachers more than you think
By J1 Reporter Martha Engel If you were at Marian on Sept. 30, you would have seen the spectacle that is Walk-A-Thon. Walk-A-Thon, referred to as WAT, is the only all-school student-led fundraiser at the school, and Marian girls raise thousands of dollars each year. All of this money goes directly to support the tuition… Read More Different Kinds of Donations for WAT
By J1 Reporter Courtney Long Every year, Marian students look forward to donating money and walking the route assigned to their grade on the special day that is called Walk-A-Thon. Walk-A-Thon was scheduled for Friday, Sept. 24. Students who could not make it to WAT, are still required to walk with an assigned supervisor. This… Read More Absentees Required to Make up the Walk
By J1 Reporter Nina McMullen Seniors take four years to truly understand the nuances of Marian’s Walk-A-Thon (WAT), yet teachers are expected to get the hang of things in one. Do teachers new to Marian thoroughly understand the intricacies of WAT? Mr. John Paul Franco, a Spanish teacher in his first year at Marian, is… Read More New Teachers Dive Head-First into Walk-A-Thon
By J1 Reporter Regina Anyaegbunam Inside the box, outside the box, some ideas just can’t be contained. This year Marian saw strategies ranging from asking family to selling stickers to class hats. “Each class thought outside of the box this year with fundraising ideas,” said student board co-moderator Ms. Jessica Abel. This past month of… Read More Marian Students Put on Thinking Caps to Strategize Fundraising Methods
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