Author Archives: SRTS Admin

Initiated by parents or caregivers, a walking school bus is a group of children walking to school with one or more adults. It can be as simple and informal as several families taking turns walking their children to school, or as … Continue reading →

For those of you with older students, you may consider giving them some fun homework before Walk to School Day and encourage them to do it with their families. Here is a crossword puzzle provided by www.walktoschool.org that you can print and … Continue reading →

Don’t miss out on an opportunity to get FREE materials for schools that participate in this year’s Walk to School Day on October 5, 2011. Pencils Belt Wraps Reflective shoe stickers 10% off from Sports Basement coupons ClifBars Maps and … Continue reading →

In the days and weeks leading up to Walk to School Day, encourage your students to walk to school by distributing these “Frequent Walker/Bicyclist” punch cards. For every day that they walk to school, use a hole puncher to punch … Continue reading →

The National Center for Safe Routes to School is now accepting applications for 25 mini-grants of $1,000 each. These mini-grants support the goal of Safe Routes to School (SRTS) programs, which is to enable and encourage children to safely walk … Continue reading →