Klager and Manchester Middle School Get Ready to Roll on National Bike to School Day!

Students at Luther C. Klager Elementary and Manchester Middle School are ready to roll for National Bike to School Day on May 6, 2015. The event will start at Chi-Bro Park at 7:40 am. Klager and MMS will join thousands of students that day that will ride or walk to school. Michigan’s theme this year is “Dinosaurs” and participants are asked to demonstrate how they serve as superheroes for safe routes and physical activity.

Bike to School Day is a nationwide bike-focused celebration for students in the month of May and builds on the popularity and success of Walk to School Day, which is celebrated in Manchester –and across the world – each October. These events both raise awareness of the need to create safer routes for bicycling and walking. In addition they emphasize the importance of issues such as increasing physical activity among children, pedestrian safety, reducing traffic congestion and concern for the environment. The events build connections between families, schools and the broader community.

If any parent, school staff, or community member is interested in joining the students for the event, please contact Melanie Woods, Safe Routes to School Coordinator for Manchester by email: melwoods1131@aol.com or phone: 734-323-8903. 

For additional information, visit these websites: Michigan Fitness Foundation and  Michigan Safe Routes to School.

Bike to School Day 2014. Photo courtesy of Melanie Woods.

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by Sara Swanson

Sara Swanson is an editor, writer and founder of the Manchester Mirror.