Becoming One of America’s Healthiest Schools, One Step at a Time
Guest blog post written by Karen Mohr, Principal, Beryl Heights Elementary School, Redondo Beach, CA.
To become one of America’s Healthiest Schools, it simply takes one step at a time.
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Sign On to Support Significant Investments in Physical Activity
Please join the Safe Routes Partnership in asking our next President to make a significant investment in getting Americans more physically active. Half of adults and 75 percent of children in this country do not meet the minimum levels of physical activity recommended for good health. Yet, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) currently has very little funding to address our nation’s physical inactivity crisis.
Safe Routes to School Works: The Proof Is in the Pedaling
Ever wondered how effective Safe Routes to School programs are at increasing walking and bicycling to school? A new multi-state study gives a resounding answer to that question.
Just Walk It Off: Transportation Choices and Personal Health
It’s everywhere in the news – American’s overweight and obesity rates in this generation have soared.
Update from the South Dakota Safe Routes to School Program
Residents of Centerville, SD, gathered in the warm prairie sunshine on a Saturday in September to celebrate completion of the first phase of a Safe Routes to School project. New sidewalks, curb and gutter, ADA curb ramps and traffic signs now make walking to school safer for school kids of all ages in this rural eastern South Dakota community of 882 people. New Safe Routes to School-funded programs to encourage walking to school are boosting the number of who do just that.
