One-Click Printable Certificates for Every Student
End of the unit. End of the semester. Field day. Awards day. Every PE teacher knows the moment: 30 students lined up, 30 certificates that need to feel personal.
Running Kiddos helps turn saved PE activity records into certificates with real numbers already filled in. The point is simple: use the data you already recorded to recognize student effort.
What it looks like
Keep up the great work!
Landscape Letter, gold double-border, the school's name at the top, the kid's name in big elegant Times type, the achievement in your school's green, and dotted lines for date and coach signature. Print on the cardstock you already have for awards day.
Certificate templates, no setup
Certificate templates auto-fill from the data you've already collected. The selected period, such as Fall 2026 or the last 30 days, flows into the certificate's body text and headline.
Single student or whole class
Two paths into it, depending on the moment. Single-student certificates include lap, distance, personal best, participation, and custom options. Bulk certificates focus on the common class handout options: lap, distance, and participation.
1One kid, one cert. Open any student's profile, click the green Certificate button, pick a template. The dropdown shows you the actual numbers in advance — "Lap Champion · 142 laps" — so you know what you're about to print. Click. PDF.
2Whole class, one document. On the Students page, select the kids you want, open Bulk actions, choose Print certificates…. Pick a template. The result is one PDF with one certificate per page — print the whole document and hand them out. No zip files. No batch downloads. One Print dialog.
Period-aware totals
If you've set up a saved period like Fall 2026 in the dashboard, the certificate uses those dates automatically. The headline reads LAP CHAMPION · FALL 2026, and the body says "from August 14 to December 22, 2026."
For rolling presets like "Last 30 days," the headline drops the badge (because "Last 30 days" stops being meaningful by next month) and the body just spells out the actual date range — "from April 6 to May 6, 2026."
The point: parents reading the certificate at home a year from now still know exactly what their kid did and when.
How it scales
The bulk version uses the same renderer as the single version and creates one multi-page PDF with one certificate per student. The slow step is usually your printer, not the app.
The PDF is generated entirely in your browser using your own data. Nothing's uploaded to a third-party service. Your students' names and stats never leave your device for this feature.
Keep Recognition Data-Based
Certificates work best when the achievement is specific: distance completed, records saved, participation, or a teacher-written custom achievement. The numbers should match the same records teachers use in reports and parent conversations.
Cost
Certificates are included on every Running Kiddos plan, including the Core plan. No add-on, no per-certificate fee. You're already tracking the data; certificates are part of the workflow.
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