On December 13, 2011, the Michigan Department of Transportation awarded a grant for $265,664 to Central Elementary School and Laketon Township.
$7,200 is earmarked for pedestrian safety education and encouragement. The balance will fund the installation of sidewalks on Giles and Horton Roads. Construction is tentatively scheduled for summer of 2012.
This brings our children an incredible opportunity for improved safety, health and fitness, the impact of which will reach our community at large. We look forward to Walking to School!!
Application for Federal Funding Submitted
An application for a Safe Routes to School federal grant has been submitted on behalf of Laketon Township and Reeths-Puffer Schools. If approved, the funds will be used to install paved pathways along main roads approaching the school and to install some traffic controls. In addition, the school will enhance walking club activities and pedestrian education.
Cool to Walk to School
Check out the Cool to Walk to School video for Central Elementary!
Personal Security and Safe Routes to School
Check out this resource available from the National Center.
**2011 Walk to School Day is October 5**
Join us at Central Elementary School! Watch the Central Circuit Newsletter for information, or call the school office.
Walk to School Day Brings Together
Students, Faculty, and Community!
Central Elementary was just one of more than 3200 schools across America to participate in this international event. Students, parents and staff gathered before school for a brisk walk on a cool, sunny October morning.
Walking School Bus groups met in four neighborhoods and walked to school together, accompanied by parents, teachers, and even siblings in strollers. An estimated 60 students walked alongside Giles, Horton, and Dykstra Roads and through Fenner Glen subdivision. 400 bus riders also joined in the walk. Buses dropped kids off-site and all the riders walked the final distance to school.
Due to high traffic volume on Giles Road, extra safety measures were taken. Thank you to the volunteers who helped keep our kids safe, including:
Laketon Township Hall staff and Supervisor Kim Arter
Sheriff Dean Roesler and Deputy Kendall Jeppesen Muskegon Northside Lions Club Members
Reeths-Puffer Transportation Department
And many others!!
Walk to School Day was celebrated on Wednesday, October 6. Wow! What a success!
Safe Routes to School (SR2S) is an international movement—and now a Federal program—to make it safe, convenient and fun for children to bicycle and walk to school. When routes are safe, walking or biking to and from school is an easy way to get the regular physical activity children need for good health. Safe Routes to School initiatives also help ease traffic jams and air pollution, unite neighborhoods and contribute to students’ readiness to learn in school.
