International Walk to School Day

Student Reporter: Brittany Anzia


On Friday, October 10, 2008, the elementary and middle school students participated in an international walk to school day, which in countries around the world, encouraged students to walk to school. Since some students who live in Belgium and Cedar Grove take to bus to school, they took time during their school day to walk a mile throughout the village of Cedar Grove. They started at the middle school at 7:45 a.m. and walked a loop that was a mile long and returned to the middle school at 8:10 a.m. Research shows that young children don’t receive the right amount of exercise, and this is one way to help children get it. The purpose of this day is to encourage both old and young to walk to school. The students thoroughly enjoyed this experience and asked if they could walk to school every day. In April, there will be another walk to school day that the school is going to participate in.