Highland Elementary will participate in a Bike to School Day on Monday, May 5. The event encourages students to get active and walk or ride their bikes to school.  “We are encouraging kids to ride their bikes to school next Monday,” says Highland Principal Chris Trostad. “We do have some programs being put on as well. They have a bike rodeo, and we also have a safety on wheels presentation going on.”

 Trostad says that SafeKids Grand Forks does a great job coming over to help with the event, as well as MnDOT and law enforcement. “We try to encourage kids to bike or walk to school, and get the kids to get rid of some energy and be active,” says Trostad. “Especially now that it’s warmer, we can do that. It’s hard to bike to school when it’s 30 below zero and you’ve got snow on the ground.”

For many, it may be the first ride of the year, so Trostad pointed out that a bike repair station at Highland is available for the kids if needed. “Hopefully, for anybody that needs any repair on their bike, all the tools are attached to a wire rope so they can check their air pressures and tighten their chain if they need to,” says Trostad. “It has all the little tools for making adjustments to the bike, which is pretty cool, and once again, that was a donation we received through SafeKids of Grand Forks.”

Weather permitting, we hope to see many students walking or biking safely to school on Monday, May 5.