VALLEY CITY, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – National Bike to School Day was Wednesday, May 5th. ON THE MOVE partnered with all Valley City schools to encourage students to ride bike to school.
Biking offers children an opportunity to have fun, be more independent and is great exercise and good for the environment. Bike to School Day encourages students to have fun riding bike to school and brings attention to the importance of biking safety.
ON THE MOVE partnered with Valley City Public Schools to create two bike safety videos that were posted on the Valley City Public Schools Facebook page. School Resource Officer Sean Hagen shared information on biking safety and highlighted the following points:
The kids had so much fun
Despite Wednesday’s cool morning air, dozens of Holy Ghost Lutheran School students found a different way to get to school.
About 40 students, from kindergartners to eighth-graders, celebrated National Bike to School Day by riding their bikes to school. It was a success. The kids had so much fun, said Tammy Schmidt, mom of a fifth-grade student.
According to national organizers, Bike to School Day “celebrates the joy of active commuting while building a sense of community and school spirit.”
Holy Ghost students from five classrooms set out from five starting points. The routes were about a mile from school.
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May 5 marks National Bike to School Day.
May 5, 2021
RAPID CITY, S.D. Many of us rode our bikes to school growing up.
The act is celebrated on May 5 in National Bike to School Day and for Roman Slack, it was just another day in the seat.
“When I wake up, all I have to do is take out my bike and then I just kinda know the routes because I already planned it and I start riding,” Roman said.
Roman’s a freshman at Rapid City Stevens High School and has been biking to school for most of his youth to his nearby elementary and middle schools – not to mention his mountain and gravel biking background.
Hillsdale Daily News
The student body of Will Carleton Academy observed National Bike to School Day Wednesday starting at the Hillsdale Community Library parking lot.
Coordinator Chelsi Dryer said the daily practice of opening school outside by the flagpole was moved to the library parking lot to accommodate the group of bikers, as well as walkers for the event. WCA starts each day with Opening Ceremony where we raise the flag, recite the Pledge of Allegiance, sing a patriotic song and enjoy a poetry recitation from a student, Dryer said. It’s a really special time to come together as a preschool-12th grade family and begin each day together with this tradition. It’s something we hold in high regard and cherish at Will Carleton Academy.
Students at St. Joseph Central Elementary took advantage of National Bike to School Day today by meeting up in a nearby park to bike to school together.