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Team Bike Challenge <br />Team Bike Challenge <br />In addition to encouraging your <br />school to participate in Bike to School <br />Days, you are invited to form bike <br />teams for the Team Bike Challenge, a <br />month long competition encouraging <br />~~3; <br />team members to earn points each <br />day in the month of May that they ride <br />to school (or work). Signup for the <br />Team Bike Challenge begins April 1. <br />For more details visit: <br />btwd.bavareabikes.org. If you are <br />interested in hosting an Energizer <br />Station at your school, please contact <br />dave.campbell@ebbc.org. <br />If you are not a bicycle commuter yet, <br />consider taking a free urban bicycle <br />safety class and learn how to get <br />started (these are for bicyclists 14 <br />years and older). Younger kids and <br />their parents can sign up for a free <br />Family Cycling Workshop. <br />Roosevelt Launches Successful Walking School Bus Program <br />School Spotlight <br />On February 3, 2010, Roosevelt <br />Elementary in San Leandro hosted a <br />school-wide celebration for their <br />Walking School Bus program. A <br />Walking School Bus is an organized <br />group of parents who volunteer to be <br />"bus leaders" to safely walk groups of <br />children to school. Five routes were <br />launched, and each parent leader <br />had a minimum of four children in <br />their "walking school bus." One route <br />leader had nearly 12 students, all of <br />whom were excited and enthusiastic <br />about walking to school that morning. <br />This event was a huge <br />success for the Roosevelt <br />community because it was <br />widely publicized. Principal <br />Victoria Forrester <br />announced the event at <br />every parent meeting, <br />placed messages in the <br />school's newsletter, and <br />posted the event date on <br />the school marquee. In <br />addition, the Roosevelt <br />Student Leadership Council created <br />posters to encourage their peers to <br />join a route, or walk to school that <br />day. We discovered that <br />wide publicity along with <br />student involvement <br />and peer to peer <br />encouragement played <br />a pivotal role in the <br />success of this event. <br />Together, all of these <br />efforts made this a great <br />a kick-off. <br /> <br />Community involvement <br />and support are also <br />very important. Principal Victoria <br />Forrester, Mayor Tony Santos, <br />Council Member Michael Gregory, <br />Keith Cooke and Rei Lei Chin from <br />the City of San Leandro Department <br />of Engineering and Transportation <br />also participated in the festivities. <br />Check them out: <br />www.ebbc. orq/safety. <br />