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Safe Routes Walking Program

Roy Cloud's

Safe Routes Walking Program

As a result of a Safe Routes to School grant, we are incentivizing students to walk to and from school and asking teachers track their progress.

We encourage kids to walk to school every day, but will only be counting walkers once a week. We have chosen Thursday afternoons to alleviate the parking problem associated with early dismissal and Friday mornings to align with the existing Walking School Bus program.

THE INCENTIVE

Students who walk home from school on Thursdays or to school on Friday will be entered into a weekly raffle to win a prize. (Students will be eligible for the raffle by walking on either day. At this time, there is no additional incentive for walking both days.) The active lifestyle prizes will include a choice of a soccer ball, football, jump rope, volleyball, hula-hoop, kickball, lemon twist or Jamba Juice gift card.* In addition to the weekly raffle, 3 apple iTouches will be given away as grand prizes at the end of the school year. Simply put, the more weeks a child walks, the higher his/her chance to win!

WHAT YOU CAN DO:

PARENTS:

Encourage your kids to participate.
Check to see if your neighbors are walking. Consider taking turns walking the younger kids (like a carpool) or having your older kids walk together.
Join an existing Walking School Bus route or start your own route.
If it is not possible for your child to walk the whole way to school, find a safe drop off point and let them walk the rest of the way. Even a few blocks will count.
Be a Roy Cloud Pace Car. Slow the pace when you are driving and share the space with pedestrians.

Students:

Walk to and from school whenever possible! Get your raffle tickets on Fridays.

Teachers:

Count your walkers and turn the raffle tickets in on Fridays.

Community Members:

Be a Roy Cloud Pace Car. Slow the pace when you are driving and share the space with pedestrians.

Together we can create a safe, healthy and hassle-free walking program for Roy Cloud.

*Prizes subject to availability

Last Modified on April 25, 2013