Bike to School Day event announced

Lake Pend Oreille School District will join schools from around the country to celebrate National Bike to School Day on Wednesday. Approximately 500 students will be riding or walking to school along with parents, teachers, and community leaders.

Our top priority is safety, please select an age appropriate route, wear a bicycle helmet, and brightly colored clothing to be seen easier.

Bike to School Day encourages a national bike-focused celebration for students in the month of May and builds on the success of Walk to School Day, which is celebrated across the country — and the world — each October.

Bike to School Day events raise awareness of the need to create safer routes for bicycling and walking and emphasize the importance of issues such as increasing physical activity among children, pedestrian safety, reducing traffic congestion and concern for the environment. The events build connections between families, schools and the broader community.

The event is being organized by LPOSD Safe Routes to School program. For additional information, call Erin 208-263-2184, ext. 1124, or on Facebook: Safe Routes to School Sandpoint Idaho LPOSD-84.