Stats for Week:
- Almond remains the #3 school in the nation. Foothill is still #1 and Eldorado remains in the #2 spot. Almond is starting to close the gap a little bit bug still has 435 rides to make up before the take over the #1 seat! Temps in Boulder are reaching a daytime high in the mid-50F. There have been several days of rain and snow. Winter is quickly approaching!
- There are 282 Almond Freikers that are active this year of which 58 have not yet registered at www.freiker.org. Take 5 minutes right now and make sure your child is registered.... I'll wait :)
- Round trips logged this week = 551; Total round trips logged = 5,010 totaling 7,515 miles. That is an average of 112 walks/rides per day!
- We prevented 5.0 tons of CO2 from entering the atmosphere; saved 716 gallons of gasoline and burned a total of 375,750 kid calories.
Almond Freikers Arrive in Владивосто́к:
From Magadan we traveled south along the coast of Pacific Ocean and Japan sea for 1300 miles to reach the city of Vladivostok.
Vladivostok (Russian: Владивосто́к) is Russia's largest port city on the Pacific Ocean and the administrative center of Primorsky Krai. With population of almost 600,000 people, it is the largest city on the East coast of Russia. Vladivostok is 9000 km, 10 time zones, 6 days by train on Trans-Siberian rail road or 10 hours by plane away from Moscow. The city sits at the head of Golden Horn bay in Japan sea not far from the border with China and North Korea. It's the sister city of San Francisco.
Natalie ArskyI was born here and spent first 10 years of my life so let's see what my 30-plus old memories will bring... The weather in winter is very cold and windy. Huge high pressure system sits over Mongolia bringing very dry and cold easterly wind to the city. Snow is rare. Once winter starts, school soccer fields are turned into skating rinks and kids spent hours every day skating and playing hockey. In summer, wind comes from the sea bringing moisture and it rains almost every day. Fog is so thick, you cannot see your outstretched hand. There are ships from different countries in the huge port, bringing rare treats - mandarins, dates, pineapples. Small fishing boats bring fish. Fried fish, salted fish, small fish that you eat with the heads and flat fish with two eyes on one side. Fish and potatoes, this is what's for dinner. City is surrounded by pine forests. Kids bring pine cones with seeds to eat as snack to school. The Siberian tiger roams in the forests and is featured on the city's coats of arms.
Vladivostok HarborAlmond Freikers Arrive in Комсомо́льск-на-Аму́ре:
After visiting Vladivostok, we are riding 600 miles north on the frozen roads and arrive at Komsomolsk-on-Amur.
Komsomolsk-on-Amur (Russian: Комсомо́льск-на-Аму́ре) is a city located in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia on the left bank of Amur River. Population: 281,035. The town was largely built in 1930s using volunteer labour from the Communist youth organisation Komsomol, thus receiving the name Komsomolsk. It was built as an industrial center for ship building, metallurgy and timber enterprises. The city's most notable company is Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Production Association, Russia's largest aircraft-manufacturing enterprise. It is among Khabarovsk Krai's most successful enterprises, and for years has been the largest taxpayer of the territory.[4] It has manufactured hundreds of civil aircraft and thousands of various-role military aircraft from the first recon aircraft to modern Su- series fighters and light amphibian airplanes.
The Top 10% Freikers!
Freiker Tag ID Trips Aaron Brown 1248444 44 Dalezilla 1242628 44 Jack Chmyz 972443 44 Brandon 465461, 990409 43 Cole Fontana 1248477 43 Max Chou 995191 43 Nathan Mesel 1244039 43 Andrew Mu 997089, 1249740 42 Audrey Fisher 1238687 42 Austin Townsend 1243628 42 Joely Fontana 463041, 1240059 42 Sierra Townsend 1244049 42 Teddy Chmyz 1240376 42 Tom McCrea 972128 42 Trevor Labuda 1241781 42 Ian Conceicao 1233544, 978754 41 Lily Szalay 1245890 41 Luis Bautista 1245350 41
These Freikers Have ridden at least 75% of the time!
Freiker Tag ID 10/25/2009 Anthony Tong 974684 40 Drew Kim 994375 40 Eduardo Bautista 993855 40 Nathan MacLeod 975174 40 Nikolas Gibson 992699, 1248842 40 Pinky Brandeau 1240682 40 Sean Diamond 979130 40 Abigail Mesel 1244393 39 Ben Parker 975545 39 Bryan Graeser 1230860 39 Eric Warmoth 975978 39 Ethan Xie 460637 39 Evan Labuda 1243290 39 Will Diamond 973104 39 Alex Kolstad 464221 38 Chad Labuda 990053, 1247082 38 Julia Kolstad 1239027, 977343 38 Marcus MacLeod 977847 38 Mia Fagin 991627, 1244580 38 Nicholas Atler 1240081 38 Rachel Mesel 1237770, 1242109 38 Connor Verity 1236055 37 Daniel Casares 970958 37 David Cooper 999490 37 Jeremy Bonte 1237528, 1249479 37 Julia Casares 975625 37 Katia Gibson 1244431 37 Shawn Avidan 978683 37 Brandon Le 991811 36 Ian Hastings 991309 36 Jamie Baum 975327 36 Krishna Brunton 1233028 36 Matthew Carroll 1243372 36 Max Gavenman 992086 36 Natalie Huang 974351 36 Ryan Baum 975817 36 Sevasti Daneilas 973908 36 Thien-Nha Tiet 1238814, 990675 36 Elyse Folkman 1239325, 970222 35 Jacob Folkman 1235668, 979231 35 Kelsey Moran 1241384 35 Nathan Huang 975725 35 Tatiana Gibson 1248482 35 Theresa Landi 1240484 35 Angelique Mszanowki 991134 34 Han-Nha Tiet 1236650 34 Isabella Borkovic 974148 34 Sasha Graeser 1239119 33
Baskin-Robbins Awards For The Week!
Freiker Teacher Totals Aaron Brown Nguyen 44 Angelique Mszanowki Garcia 34 Ashwin Krishna T.Daggett 15 Ethan Apfelberg Hall 17 Gabriel May Martinez 15 Genna Landi Reilly 15 Karen Nagayama Bence 30 Kota Nagayama Liu 30 Lauren Limbach Nguyen 32 Megan Apfelberg Sanderson 17 Mel Tran Shelley 31 Nathan Ng Liu 32 Rory Maclean Shelley 31 Sara Friend Jordan 32 Sevasti Daneilas Wishnack 36 Stella Barretto Lamb 30 Stella Pietro Lamb 31 Thomas Walker Schubert 32 Tristan Mori-Sloan Chan 15
These Freikers Have Not Yet Registered!
Freiker 10/25/2009 347454 1 350871 15 353816 2 356380 1 358548 4 460124 4 460141 2 461104 5 461817 10 462347 3 463565 5 463633 1 463759 10 464299 5 464550 1 465093 11 465231 15 465238 1 465259 12 465741 12 466473 2 466978 12 467039 12 467182 4 468667 2 468904 4 468988 6 469968 6 961147 1 966505 6 967515 6 971219 2 972777 5 974001 8 976876 8 979071 7 979631 2 991940 2 992324 6 994228 11 994883 1 996690 2 997293 1 998509 25 999382 23 1230739 1 1232700 3 1233339 8 1233626 15 1237597 34 1237715 31 1238072 9 1239413 14 1246952 13 1248088 1 1249195 11 1249239 16
This is just a reminder that the Freikometer is a solar powered computer that gets 100% of it's power from the Sun. Because of this, the Freikometer has limited hours of operation. Make sure your students buzz in during one of the periods when the Freikometer is turned on:Helpful Hits at the Freikometer:If you miss buzzing in on the Freikometer during one of these periods, you can always enter your child's round trip manually at www.freiker.org.
- Start of Day: 8:00-8:30am
- PM Kinders: 11:45-12:00pm
- After School: 2:30-3:00pm
Here are some tips that will make it easier for your child to be counted correctly when they get to the Freikometer each day:Well, that's all for now folks. I'll update you again next week
- Have your Freiker RFID tag attached to the top of your helmet or the top handle on your backpack. This gets it closer to the Freikometer and easier to read the tag.
- Make sure your child's name is written on the Freiker RFID tag with a permanent sharpie. This way, if you loose the tag, Venny will know who to return it to.
- Make sure your child takes turns going through the Freikometer one at a time. If you get 4 kids under the Freikometer and it buzzes, nobody knows whose RFID tag just got read.
- If in doubt as to whether your Freiker tag was read, go back through the Freikometer. It will only count you once per day no matter how many times you make the buzzer go off. Have fun with this one...
- If, for any reason, you can't make it out to buzz in on the Freikometer one day, you can always enter your ride/walk manually at www.freiker.org.
- Work on your friends! If you have friends that are riding or walking to school several days a week and they are not Freikers, ask them to join. It's not just about the cool awards but showing the rest of the nation just how committed the students at Almond are to their health and the health of the planet.
Every Ride Counts!
Jon
