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The
Massachusetts Safe Routes to
School (SRTS) program promotes healthy alternatives for children and
parents in their travel to and from school. It educates students,
parents and community members on the value of walking and bicycling for
travel to and from school.
Matthew Wall of
MassRIDES Safe Routes to School program returned to the Viveiros Elementary School
on October 2nd to prepare children for the International Walk to School
Day on October 7, 2009. Unfortunately, that day turned out to be a
very rainy day so most children were not able to walk on that day but were
encouraged to walk on other days. Click
here for pictures of Matthew's first visit to the school in April,
2009. Click
here
and
here for photos of last year's pilot walk-to-school programs. Click
here for the Herald News article. For
more information about the program, contact Children In Balance Project
Manager
Marcia Picard
at 508-324-2228.
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(Top row) Assistant Principal Melissa Homol introduces Matthew Wall to the children at the assembly. (Middle row) Matthew talks to children about the benefits of walking to school and asks them to tell him how to safely cross the street at a crosswalk. (Bottom row, left) A student enthusiastically responds to a question. (Bottom row, right) Kindergarten teacher Crystal Medeiros holds some Stop, Look and Listen bookmarks that she will distribute to her students when they return to the classroom. |