Events
Race Postponed
New Date: May 2024
Thank you for your interest in our event. Unfortunately due to low registration, we must postpone until Spring 2024. The new date will be announced later this year.
Description
Come for the Run – Stay for the Fun!
SPRING 2024, join the Betty Shabazz International Charter School Network for our inaugural 5K Panther Stroll & Culture Fest at Schafer (Clara D.) Park. This is a community event open to all runners, walkers, and strollers (yes, literally strollers).
Participants will enjoy refreshing and photogenic views as they travel up Lake Shore Drive and around Steelworkers Park.
And the day continues beyond the finish line! Invite everyone you know to celebrate the BSICS way during the post-race Culture Fest! There will be food, live entertainment, bounce houses, vendors, and more.
Race Date, Time, & Location
New Date To Be Announced
Schafer (Clara D.) Park
8900 S Green Bay Ave, Chicago, IL 60617
Schedule
9:00 AM – Participant check-in & same-day registration opens
9:45 AM – Community warm-up
10:00 AM – Race starts
11:00 AM – Festival starts
12:00 PM – Awards ceremony
5:00 PM – Festival ends
Grab Your Swag
With registration, participants aged 5 and up will receive a free t-shirt, race bib, and finisher medal
Participants 4 and under will receive a finisher medal only
Packet Pick-Up:
TBA
Donations
Unable to participate? You can still support the BSICS Network with a tax-deductible donation. Your contribution will help fund the cultural rites of passage student trip and seminars for future graduating scholars.
About BSICS
Established in 1998, Betty Shabazz International Charter Schools (BSICS) is an African-centered network of charter schools comprised of two Chicago campuses: Betty Shabazz Academy (grades K-8) and Barbara A. Sizemore Academy (grades K-8). From inception, our schools have consistently produced exemplary, high achieving students who have self-confidence, a strong sense of cultural identity, and a commitment to make positive contributions to their community and the world. We incorporate African cultural elements and influences found on each continent into every aspect of school environment and curriculum. Cultural elements like language, the arts, tradition, ceremony, and values are used to instill in our students a sense of history, responsibility, accountability, community, extended family, propriety, and of course, pride.
Our mission is to provide an academic and culturally relevant program that integrates and balances cultural knowledge and improves competencies in reading, oral and written language, mathematics, science, technology, social studies, the arts, and the humanities.
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