Article Source: The Daily Camera

Jessica Lester knows this one girl in high school who sits at her desk all day with only a four-minute break in between each class. Then she goes home and does homework until bedtime. The only time she spends outside is walking to her car.

Sounds about typical for many high-schoolers across the country.But 12-year-old Jessica, of Niwot, says she can't imagine such a life. "If that was me, I'd die," Jessica says. Since kindergarten, Jessica has been a student at Boulder's Running River School, a nature-based school with 45-minute recesses every day, schoolwide camping trips and weekly hikes yearround -- rain or snow.

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