Alameda’s elementary and middle schools participate in an Annual Walk & Roll to School Day, joining communities around the world in celebrating how much fun it is to walk, bicycle, scooter or skateboard to school. The event also emphasizes the importance of fitness and nutrition.
Important reasons why we Walk & Roll to School:
- To teach children safe walking behaviors, such as how to cross streets, and how to select safe routes to school.
- To demonstrate how easy and enjoyable it is for adults and children to spend healthy, active time together doing the world’s simplest exercise – walking.
- To identify specific steps to create more walkable communities such as advocating for more crosswalks, sidewalks, crossing guards and better driver behavior.
This event is usually held in the fall.