Ocracoke School to Celebrate National Bike to School Day

Approximately 162 students from Ocracoke School will be riding or walking to school Wednesday along with parents, teachers and community leaders.

Bicyclists and walkers will arrive at the school around 7:45am. Once the students sign-in near the playground, there will be prize giveaways. 

Bike to School Day encourages a nationwide bike-focused celebration for students in the month of May and builds on the popularity and 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 Ocracoke School which is a member of North Carolina’s Safe Routes to School program. As a small community, Ocracoke residents have the special opportunity to walk and bike regularly. Ocracoke School is emphasizing the right way and the safe way to be a pedestrian or cyclist. 

For additional local information, please contact Mary McKnight or Adam Burleson at (252) 928-3251.

For additional information, please visit these websites:

Walk and Bike to School Day                                                  www.walkbiketoschool.org  

National Center for Safe Routes to School                             www.saferoutesinfo.org