Schools
Students Take Part in 'Bike to School Day'
The May 18 event is part of the Safe Routes to School national campaign, focused on improve the health and well-being of children by enabling and encouraging them to walk and bicycle to school.
A group of students from the Island's South-end cycled to school on May 18 for a Bike to School Day, following a posted north-south bicycle route.
Local parent and contributor Elizabeth Cross Nichol provided the photo above and the names of the children pictured who are trying to encourage healthy and safe transportation habits for local school children.
They were greeted along the route by bike officers and at school with an assembly celebrating the Healthy Ways to School effort.
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While Mercer Island Schools like West Mercer and Lakeridge have been participating in this event for several years, an inaugural nationwide Bike to School Day was held May 9, with thousands of schools participating.
The initiative is a local effort focused on promoting the Safe Routes to School (SRTS) program, a national campaign partially funded by the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration.
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