Physical Activity Templates
Walk or Ride to School
- Are the crosswalks marked with signs—or staffed by crossing guards— allowing students to cross busy streets safely?
- Are there bike routes, trails, or sidewalks that connect your school with the surrounding neighborhood?
- Is there a secure place to keep bikes and skateboards once you get to school?
- Is the route to school safe for high school students and younger children who live less than two miles away?
High school students can play a big role in promoting active transportation in their schools and communities. Get support from the school’s environmental club, cross country team, PE teacher, and local elementary school PTA to speak out for safer streets for everyone. Build advocacy skills as you speak with local school and community from principals to police officers to city planners. Earn community service hours by creating a “walking school bus” for younger kids or staffing the bike check-in room at your school.
Find out more about how to reduce your carbon footprint by encouraging biking and riding to school!
Walk or Ride to School
- Are the crosswalks marked with signs—or staffed by crossing guards— allowing students to cross busy streets safely?
- Are there bike routes, trails, or sidewalks that connect your school with the surrounding neighborhood?
- Is there a secure place to keep bikes and skateboards once you get to school?
- Is the route to school safe for high school students and younger children who live less than two miles away?
High school students can play a big role in promoting active transportation in their schools and communities. Get support from the school’s environmental club, cross country team, PE teacher, and local elementary school PTA to speak out for safer streets for everyone. Build advocacy skills as you speak with local school and community from principals to police officers to city planners. Earn community service hours by creating a “walking school bus” for younger kids or staffing the bike check-in room at your school.
Find out more about how to reduce your carbon footprint by encouraging biking and riding to school!
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Brainstorming as a school
Sometimes a group of 6 or 8 students can have hard time deciding how to make their school a healthier place. While surveys, interviews, and focus groups can all help, one school in Kansas decided to bring their whole student body together for two Students Taking Charge forums.
Seeing is believing
Are you getting a lot of resistance from your principal or school nutrition director? Does it seem like you're just not speaking their language? Or do they not understand what your changes will really look like? Find out how Northampton High School took their school leaders to visit another high school that has already put their ideas into action!