Safe Routes 2 School

Horizon (Holt) Elementary School students got into the Walk to School Day spirit by performing the Ped Safety Dance on Walk to School Day 2011. Way to go, Horizon!

On October 5, thousands of students, parents and volunteers will walk or bicycle to school to celebrate International Walk to School Day. This year's Michigan Walk to School Day theme is "Let's Move Together." In addition to walking or bicycling to and from school, we encourage students to do the “Ped Safety Dance,” a choreographed, pedestrian-safety themed version of the song “The Safety Dance”. E-mail your videos to the Safe Routes to School office and we'll showcase the best ones on our website!  Click here for more information about Walk to School Day or performing "The Ped Safety Dance.

View the dance below:

The National Center for Safe Routes to School is now accepting applications for the 2011 James L. Oberstar Safe Routes to School Award.

David Hornak, Principal of Horizon Elementary School in Holt, dicussed his school's walking school bus program on Michigan Public Radio's “What’s Working in Michigan” series.

Jackson County continues to be a state leader when it comes to nonmotorized travel, as demonstrated by two recent stories in the Jackson Citizen Patriot. Read more about Northwest Elementary School's walking school bus program and Jackson County's efforts to create a walkable community by following the links below.