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Learning to Be HealthyVolunteers hope to inspire students, motivate community
![]() Staff photo by Sharayah Sherrod First-graders run in Martha and Josh Morriss Mathematics and Engineering Elementary School’s Tiger Tracks Fitness Challenge jog-a-thon Friday. The event raises money for the school to purchase additional playground equipment while teaching kids the importance of being physically fit. Along with a student-accommodating building and the vision and mission statement they have set, the volunteers at the Martha and Josh Morriss Mathematics and Engineering Elementary School are at the front of the pack. Christy Paddock and Kristi Robinson, both serving with Volunteers in Public Schools, co-chaired the inaugural running of the Tiger Tracks Fitness Challenge, which wrapped up Friday with an all day “jog-a-thon.” Theirs is the first school in the Texarkana Independent School Distri...
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