Programs
Essay Writing Program
Sixth grade students at the Hopkinton Middle School, Hopkinton, MA, USA, will be given a writing assignment with the theme: “A Letter From the Past: From the plain of Marathon to the hills of Hopkinton:”
The students will write a letter as Phidippedes (legendary Greek messenger) to participants in the 2010 Boston Marathon, connecting the run from Marathon, Greece to Athens to the Boston Marathon run. This will culminate in an assembly at the school featuring selected readings from students to a delegation of modern day Greek marathoners.
For more information about this program contact us at info@marathon2010.org and the program leader will be in touch with you.
Marathon Reading Program
The Reading Marathon Program’s goal is to encourage every citizen to read. Grade school age children through senior citizens are participating in reading 2500 hours to celebrate the 2500th Anniversary of the Battle of Marathon.
Click here to view a program outline.
Be A Marathon Reader
For information on how you can bring this program to your community please email: Denise Kofron or Susan Marshall
Articles
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Girl Scout Tea
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Photos
Photos from the Greek Tea held annually by Hopkinton Girl Scout Troops in honor of the Marathon.
The Hopkinton Runners Festival is a week-long series of events in conjunction with: a celebration of the 2,500th Anniversary of the Battle of Marathon; the sister-city relationship between Marathon, Greece and Hopkinton, Massachusetts; and the 114th BAA Boston Marathon.
The Festival will include a weeklong series of events and attractions all directed at creating a warm welcome to all who will be visiting Hopkinton during the week leading up to April 19, 2010.
Festival Documents
Adopt-a-Marathoner Program
This school-business alliance initiated by John Hancock Financial Services in conjunction with Hopkinton’s Elmwood School 17 years ago, gives young students the opportunity to interact with Kenyan Marathoners, the elite athletes of world racing.
Click here to the article in Principal Magazine, May 2008
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