North Hall Middle opens wellness trail to community

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North Hall Middle opens wellness trail to community

North Hall Middle School sixth-graders Dylan Carter, from left, Caden Bales and Melvin Santos push their empty wheelbarrows up the new wellness trail toward the wood chip pile for another load. - photo by NAT GURLEY

1129trail 7 — North Hall Middle School sixth-graders Dylan Carter, from left, Caden Bales and Melvin Santos push their empty wheelbarrows up the new wellness trail toward the wood chip pile for another load. - photo by NAT GURLEY

Carly Sharec

Updated: Nov 29, 2013, 5:40 AM

Published: Nov 29, 2013, 5:44 AM

If you’re looking for a way to work off that holiday turkey and extra helpings of mashed potatoes, lace up those walking shoes and head to North Hall Middle School. Thanks to funding from a grant and some old-fashioned elbow grease, the school is now home to a 2-mile community Trojan Wellness Trail, named after the school’s mascot. “We’ve been doing a lot of wellness,” said coach and school health teacher Debbie Wiley.

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