Schools are paving the way to better health

The new walking path at Helen Baller Elementary School (above) will complement its goal-setting track program.

The new walking path at Helen Baller Elementary School (above) will complement its goal-setting track program. Danielle Frost

With a focus on wellness and physical activity, two local schools have installed walking paths.

Helen Baller and Dorothy Fox elementary school Parent Teacher Association members spent approximately two years fund-raising for the projects.

The paved walking track at Helen Baller circles the perimeter of the school and ends at the playground. It is one-quarter mile loop.

The track at Dorothy Fox was converted from an existing gravel path to a paved version. It loops around the perimeter of the playground and into the existing play area.

For more of this story, see the Camas-Washougal Post-Record print edition.