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 Biking at Goleta Valley Junior High School 

   

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 This group of four to six students bikes every day to GVJH from the Mountain View area, a ride that takes about fifteen minutes. The students do it because it is fun to ride with friends, and they don’t have to wait for mom in the pick-up line.

 

 
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Another, larger group of 20 to 25 kids meets every morning in front of one kid’s home. Last year, a group of 10-12 boys would faithfully ride together daily from this house, but this year, word got out and now, over 20 kids are showing up every morning with the addition of girls too. Last spring, the group arrived a little earlier one morning, so parent Cristi Smith fed them all breakfast. She is a little worried about feeding twenty plus kids this year, but she says she will consider it a privilege.

  

 

lcjh-w2sd-09-1Walk to School Day 2009 was our biggest ever. 30 South Coast schools participated, with thousands of students walking and rolling to school. COAST supplied prizes and organizational support. At La Cumbre Junior High School, the band was playing and 25 leadership class students in yellow t-shirts marked “Event Staff” helped direct walkers to a table where student leadership teacher Judy Hartmann was handing out prizes. Another table displayed healthy food choices. Principal Jo Ann Caines was on hand greeting students. La Cumbre is using Walk to School Day to kick off a weekly Walk&Roll challenge. Go La Cumbre!

 

 

BIKE TO SCHOOL DAY 2010 at Goleta Valley Junior High School  

GVJH students who ride their bikes to school made this map, inviting others to join them.

These students would not let the rainy weather dampen their mood. GVJH is a great place for biking!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The student newspaper carried this article about the map: