Walk to School Day

TEAM Academy participated in Walk to School Day on October 4.  Walk to School Day is a national event held every year in October that first started in 1997.  Over 5,000 schools nationwide and 200 schools in Minnesota participated this year.  Many TEAM Academy students walked or rode bike from their house.  Since not all students live close enough to walk we organized a walking school bus from Northeast Park.  Parents could drop off students from 7:15-7:50 AM and TEAM Academy staff members were there to walk them to school.  Our bus students were even dropped off at the park.  The students and staff loved getting exercise on their way to school and many have asked if we can do it again!  One of the main goals of Walk to School Day is finding safe routes to school.  The new sidewalk on 4th St. NE is a perfect example of this! For the first time ever, our students had a sidewalk to walk on and they didn’t have to walk on the side of the road from the park.  Since Walk to School Day was such a success with our students, we will look into planning more this school year!