Capitol Hill Schools To Celebrate Bike-to-School Day
Roll With Us to Lincoln Park and Celebrate How
Biking to School Can Make a Difference in Student Health and Safety
Washington, DC – On Wednesday, May 9, 2018, at 7:30 a.m., students from 13+ Capitol Hill schools will gather at Lincoln Park (11th & East Capitol Streets, SE) for activities, snacks, warm up exercises, student performances, and VIP speakers – including Mayor Bowser and Councilmember Allen.
Enjoy Lincoln-themed activities for kids, giveaways, light snacks, coffee and helmet safety checks. Cyclists, skaters, strollers, scooters and pedestrians are all welcome!
Bike trains depart between 8:00 and 8:25 AM ‐ we all get to school on time!
Guest speakers, performers, and sponsors will round out the Lincoln Park Bike-to-School event:
- Ward 6 Councilmember Charles Allen will kick off and MC the festivities
- Mayor Muriel Bowser will speak
- The J.O. Wilson Elementary School Cheerleaders will perform
- Local fitness celebrities Gabriella Boston and Kathy Pugh will warm up the crowd
- Other speakers include Interim Chancellor Amanda Alexander (DC Public Schools), Natalie Draisin (FIA Foundation), Nancy Pullen-Seufert (National Center for Safe Routes to School), Ranger Vince Vaise (National Park Service), and representatives from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and the Federal Highway Administration
- Community members will join from the District of Columbia Department of Transportation (DDOT), The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), DC Water, Story of Our Schools, and the DC State Board of Education
- Local businesses will join from The Daily Rider, LimeBike, City Bikes, Capital Bikeshare (BikeinBloom), Zeke’s Coffee,
- The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) will support safe traffic flow around the park
- The Capitol Hill Community Foundation and the FIA Foundation generously support the event
- The Capitol Hill Public Schools Parent Organization partners with the National Center for Safe Routes to School to organizing the event. Volunteers from participating schools make this annual event possible (Brent ES, Capitol Hill Montessori at Logan, Eliot-Hine MS, J.O. Wilson ES, Maury ES, Payne ES, Miner ES, Payne ES, Peabody Early Childhood, School Within a School at Goding, Stuart Hobson MS, Tyler ES, Watkins ES, AppleTree PCS, BASISDC, and more, as well as participating private and charter schools).
Contact: Sandra Moscoso, sandramoscosomills@gmail.com
About Bike-to-School Day
Bike-to-School Day builds on the popular Walk to School Day, which is celebrated across the country – and the world – each October. Many communities and schools have been holding spring walk and bicycle to school events for years.
More information here:
http://www.walkbiketoschool.org/learn-more/about-us/