Sonoma County Safe Routes to School Program

Promote No Contaminar Enero
Pledge to be Idle Free this January!
El Mes a (La Escuela) Donde Sea! Bien Por Ti, Bueno Para Tierra!
Walk & Roll to (School)...ANYWHERE! It's Good for You and the Earth!

January Idle-Free Sonoma County Challenge

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JOIN US IN PLEDGING TO BE IDLE-FREE THIS JANUARY! 
 

This January we challenge you to be Idle-Free with Safe Routes to Schools! That means, turn off your car engine when waiting more than 30-seconds.

Due to the holiday break, we will not hold a Walk & Roll to Anywhere event or student-activity challenge.  Instead, we encourage families and school personnel to sign our online “Idle Free Sonoma County Pledge.”

Parents/families, teachers, and school staff who sign the pledge by Sunday, January 31, 2021 will be entered into a drawing for one of eight $50.00 gift cards to a local business of the winner’s choice.
 

HOW TO PARTICIPATE IDLE-FREE MONTH: 
 

  • Get educated about the benefits of turning off your engine when waiting more than 30-seconds!  
    • Read this Facts About Idling Fact Sheet in English or Spanish  and/or read/share a shorter Instagram-size Fact Sheet in English or Spanish! 
    • For more education & fun, read and color the Things Your Family Can Do for Clean Air info & coloring page in English or Spanish
       
  • Sign the Idle-Free Bay Sonoma County Pledge (one signature per family/household) between January 1st-January 31st, 2021
     
  • Pledges may be signed by parents, teachers, and/or school administrators/staff from any K-8 School in Sonoma County. 
     

Signed pledges will be entered into a drawing for one of eight $50.00 gift cards to a local business of choice! Gift cards have been donated by the Sonoma County Spare the Air Resource Team and one of our January Sponsors, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District.  

Winner will be announced in February, and winners will choose which local business to purchase the $50.00 gift card from. 

Questions? Email Safe Routes to School. 

 

PROMOTIONAL RESOURCES FOR SCHOOLS/TEACHERS: 

 

Explanatory Letter to Students and Families (MS Word English/Spanish) (PDF English/Spanish) 

January Pledge to be Idle Free Video Commercial (YouTube link)

Full Page Flyer 8 1/2 x 11 (English PDF) (Spanish PDF) (English JPEG) (Spanish JPEG) 

Instagrammable Promotional Image (square) (English JPEG) (Spanish JPEG) 

Instagrammable "Idle-Free Educational Facts" Image (square)  (English JPEG) (Spanish JPEG) 

Facebook Event or Website header (rectangle) (English JPEG) (Spanish JPEG) 

Website/Newsletter banner (long, narrow rectangle) (English JPEG) (Spanish JPEG) 

1/4 Page Flyer for printing/physical distribution (Eng/Span PDF Color) (Eng/Span PDF Black & White) 

Walk & Roll, Good for You, Good for the Earth logo Eng Span

Walk & Roll, Good for You, Good for the Earth Rectangular Image (banner) Eng Span 

 

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February Walk and Roll for Our HeARTS Challenge

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JOIN US IN CELEBRATING WALK & ROLL FOR OUR HeARTS MONTH THIS FEBRUARY! 
 

We may not be walking or rolling to school right now, but physical activity is even more essential to health during these challenging times! This February, we challenge you to get outside, explore your neighborhoods, and stretch your artistic muscles by drawing about what you LOVE about Walking & Rolling, for a chance to win a $50.00 gift card to a local Art Supply store and/or be featured in a printed "Walk & Roll for Our HeARTS" calendar!  

 

HOW TO PARTICIPATE IN WALK & ROLL FOR OUR HeARTS MONTH

 

1.   JOIN US ON WALK & ROLL TO ANYWHERE DAY! 
 

  • On ANY ONE DAY during the FIRST WEEK OF FEBRUARY (Feb 1st-7th), choose a destination to to walk, bike, scooter or skateboard to. It can be ANY destination, whether it is to your school campus, a local park, a store, a friend's house, or just a walk around the neighborhood and back to your home!

 

 

  • Your survey results will be shared with your school to discover how many kids walked & rolled, how far kids from your school traveled, and which teacher had the highest percentage of student's who walked & rolled that week!  The teacher with the highest percentage of participating students will win a $50.00 gift card to their local business of choice!
     

2.  DRAW A PICTURE DEMONSTRATING WHY YOU LOVE WALKING AND/OR ROLLING. Your picture should illustrate why or how it is fun and/or healthy for our hearts, minds and bodies. Then, submit your drawing to SRTS for a chance to win a $50.00 gift card to a local art supply store, and/or be featured in a "Walk & Roll for our HeARTS" printed wall calendar. 

 

WALK & ROLL FOR OUR HeARTS CONTEST INSTRUCTIONS: 
 

Download Contest Flyer & Instructions in English & Spanish 

  • Put your best effort into an original picture illustrating why walking and/or rolling is fun and/or healthy for our hearts, minds and bodies. 
  • Artwork must be 8.5"x11", and must be landscape orientation
  • All mediums are welcome: drawing, painting, mixed media, digital illustration, etc. If utilizing mixed media/collage elements, no more than 20% of collage materials may be from newspapers, magazines, books or other materials pre-printed with text or designs (such as scrapbook paper)
  • Submit a high-resolution, scanned copy in JPG or PDF format to saferoutes@bikesonoma.org OR mail to Safe Routes to School, Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition, PO Box 3088, Santa Rosa, CA 95402-3088
  • Include your name, school name, grade level, and homeroom teacher, and a way to contact you (phone or email) 
  • Artwork will be judged on the following criteria: creativity and originality, clarity of art's message to communicating the theme, quality and effort put into illustration, and representation of diversity and inclusivity. 
  • All entries must be received by Friday, March 5th, 2021 
     

ALL February Challenge Submissions will be entered into a drawing for a $50.00 Art Supply Store gift card.  Select submissions will be chosen to be featured in our Walk & Roll for Our HeARTS Printed Wall Calendar. Wall Calendars will be given to the winning students, the teacher of the winning students, and the principal of the winning students. 

Questions? Email Safe Routes to School
 

PROMOTIONAL RESOURCES FOR SCHOOLS/TEACHERS: 

 

Explanatory Letter to Students and Families  (MS Word English/Spanish)  (PDF English/Spanish) 

February Walk & Roll for Our HeARTS Video "Commercial" (coming soon) 

February Challenge Month Full Page Flyer (8.5"x11") (English PDF) (Spanish PDF)  (English JPEG)  (Spanish JPEG)

February Challenge Month Instagrammable Image (square)  (English JPEG)  (Spanish JPEG)

February Challenge Month Facebook Event or Website Header (rectangle)  (English JPEG)  (Spanish JPEG)

February Challenge Month Page Banner (long, narrow rectangle)  (English JPEG)  (Spanish JPEG)

February Challenge 1/4 Page flyer for printing/physical distribution (Eng/Span PDF Color) (Eng/Span PDF Black & White)

Walk & Roll Good For You, Good for the Earth Logo  Eng  Span

Walk & Roll Good for You, Good for the Earth Rectangular Image (Banner)  Eng  Span

Walk and Roll for Wheels - December

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JOIN US IN CELEBRATING WALK & ROLL FOR WHEELS MONTH THIS DECEMBER! 
 

We may not be walking or rolling to school right now, but physical activity is even more essential to health during these challenging times! This December, we challenge you to get outside, explore your neighborhoods, and complete one or more of our Walk & Roll for Wheels Scavenger Hunts for a chance to win a skateboard, scooter, or roller skates!  

 

HOW TO PARTICIPATE IN WALK & ROLL FOR WHEELS MONTH:
 

1.    JOIN US ON WALK & ROLL TO ANYWHERE DAY!
 

  • On ANY ONE DAY during the FIRST WEEK OF DECEMBER, choose a destination to walk, bike, scooter or skateboard to. It can be ANY destination, whether it is to your school campus, a local park, a store, a friend's house, or just a walk around the neighborhood and back to your home!
     
  • Your survey results will be shared with your school to discover how many kids walked & rolled, how far kids from your school traveled, and which teacher had the highest percentage of student's who walked & rolled that week!  The elementary AND middle school teacher with the highest percentage of participating students will win a $50.00 gift card to their local business of choice!
     

2.   COMPLETE AND SUBMIT AT LEAST ONE OF OUR DECEMBER SCAVENGER HUNT ACTIVITIES FOR ONE OR MORE CHANCES TO WIN A SCOOTER, SKATEBOARD, or ROLLER SKATES!
 

DECEMBER SCAVENGER HUNT INSTRUCTIONS:
 

  • Download the FILLABLE Scavenger Hunt Packets:  Elementary School/K-6th Packet (English PDF) (Spanish PDF)  Middle School/5th-8th Packet (English PDF) (Spanish PDF)
     
  • Do one OR more Scavenger Hunts in your packet - each submitted hunt is an entry into our drawing
     
  • You do not have to find every single thing on the Scavenger Hunt - find as much as you can and submit when you have found all you can.
     
  • Submit to Safe Routes to School (may be submitted via email or the mail) and received no later than Friday 1/8/21.  
     

ALL December Challenge submissions will be entered into a drawing for a scooter, skateboard, or roller skates (winner gets to choose)
Winner will be announced in January, and prize will be delivered directly to winners.
 

Questions?  Email Safe Routes to School
 

PROMOTIONAL RESOURCES FOR SCHOOLS/TEACHERS:
 

Explanatory Letter to Students and Families  (MS Word English/Spanish)  (PDF English)  (PDF Spanish) (PDF English/Spanish - 2 pages)

December Walk & Roll for Wheels Video "Commercial" (Mp4 file, ~2 minutes long, 12mb download)  

December Challenge Month Full Page Flyer (8.5"x11") (English PDF) (Spanish PDF)  (English JPEG)  (Spanish JPEG)

December Challenge Month Instagrammable Image (square)  (English JPEG)  (Spanish JPEG)

December Challenge Month Facebook Event or Website Header (rectangle)  (English JPEG)  (Spanish JPEG)

December Challenge Month Page Banner (long, narrow rectangle)  (English JPEG)  (Spanish JPEG)

December Challenge 1/4 Page flyer for printing/physical distribution (Eng/Span PDF Color) (Eng/Span PDF Black & White)

Walk & Roll Good For You, Good for the Earth Logo  Eng  Span

Walk & Roll Good for You, Good for the Earth Rectangular Image (Banner)  Eng  Span

SRTS RECOMMENDED BOOK LIST

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Title Author Grade Level
Rosaura En Bicicleta/Rosaura on a Bicycle Daniel Barbot Pre K-K
The Bike Lesson Jan Berenstain Pre K-K
Bicycle Man Allen Say Pre K-3
Along a Long Road Frank Viva Pre K-3
Seguridad y las Bicicletas/Bicycle Safety Sue Barraclough Pre K-2
The Foot Book Dr. Seuss K-Up
The Busiest Street in Town Mara Rockliff K-3
Roberto Walks Home Ezra Jack Keats K-3
To Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street Dr. Seuss K-3
The Listening Walk Paul Showers K-3
The Berenstain Bears: Safe and Sound Jan Berenstain K-3
This is the Way We Go to School Edith Baer K-3
The Little House Virginia Lee Burton K-3
Sing a Song of People Lois Lenski K-3
Lyle, Lyle Crocodile: Lyle Walks the Dogs Bernard Waber K-3
Sally Jean, the Bicycle Queen Cari Best K-3
A Crash Course for Molly Eva Eriksson K-3
The Bear’s Bicycle Emilie Warren McLeod K-3
Duck on A Bike David Shannon K-3
Franklin Rides a Bike Paulette Bourgeois and Brenda Clark K-3
Franklin’s Bicycle Helmet Paulette Bourgeois and Brenda Clark K-3
Play It Safe Mercer Mayer K-3
Gracie Goat’s Big Bike Race Erin Mirabella K-3
My Rows and Piles of Coins Tololwa Mollel K-3
His Finest Hour David Neuhaus K-3
Summer Wheels Eve Bunting K-3
Bicycle Book Gail Evans K-3
Richard Scarry’s Cars and Trucks and Things That Go Richard Scarry K-2
Blackout John Rocco K-2
Sidewalk Flowers JonArno Lawson K-2
I Took the Moon for a Walk Carolyn Curtis K-2
Watch Out! On the Road Claire LLewellyn K-2
Tom and Pippo Go for a Walk Helen Oxenbury K-2
Watch Out! Around Town Claire Llewellyn K-2
Coco Can’t Wait Taro Gomi K-2
Yuki’s Ride Home Manya Tessler K-2
Vera Rides a Bike Vera Rosenberry K-2
Sky Blue Accident/Accidente Celeste Jorge Elias Lujan, Piet Grobler and Elisa Amado K-2
Ride Right: Bicycle Safety (How to Be Safe!) Jill Urban Donahue K-2
"Staying Safe on My Bike/La Seguridad En Mi Bicicleta (Safety First/ La Seguridad Es Lo Primero)
- Bilingual"		 Joanne Mattern K-2
Verde dice Adelante/Green Means Go Susan Ring K-2
Jugar Sin Peligro/Play Safe Robin Nelson K-2
What Happens at a Bike Shop? Que Pasa En Una Tienda De Bicicletas Kathleen Pohl K-2
Cycle City Allison Farrell K-1
Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site Sherri Duskey Rinker K-1
Ruby’s School Walk Kathyrn White K-1
Walking through the Jungle Debbie Harter K-1
I Went Walking Sue Williams K-1
Dona Eremita Sobre Ruedas/ Mrs. Armitage On Wheels Quentin Blake K-1
Mike and the Bike Michael Ward K-1
Mike and the Bike Meet Lucille the Wheel Michael Ward K-1
La Bicicleta de Selva Monica Rodriguez K-1
A Good Night Walk Elisha Cooper K
Autumn Walk Ann E. Burg K
The Last Stop on Market Street Matt de la Peña K
Winter Walk Ann E. Burg K
Every Cowgirl Needs a Horse Rebecca Janni K
Goblin Walk Tony Johnston 1-2
My Sister’s Rusty Bike Jim Aylesworth 1-2
Walk Rabbit Walk Colin McNaughton 1-3
When We Go Walking Cari Best 1-3
Marvin Redpost, Super Fast, Out of Control! Louis Sachar 1-4
We Learn about Road Safety Constance Omawunmi Kola-Lawal 2-3
City Green DyAnne DiSalvo-Ryan 2-3
Superabuelo/Super Grandpa David M. Schwartz and Martin Luis Guzman 2-4
Me and My Bike Ander 2-4
The Big Bike Race Lucy Jane Bledsoe 3-5
The Bicycle Larry Hills 3-5
Go Fly a Bike! The Ultimate Book of Bicycle Fun, Freedom and Science Bill Haduch 3-6
The Pushcart War Jean Merrill 3-7
Bicicletas del Pasado Mark Beyer 3-7
The Time Bike Jane Langton 3-8
The Bicycle Man David Dudley 4-6
Walking to the Bus Rider Blues Harriet Gillem Robinet 4-6
Crunch Leslie Connor 4-6
Nancy Drew: A Race Against Time Carolyn Keene 4-6
Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks Jason Reynolds 5-8

 

Family Bicycling Workshops!

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Families are invited to learn how to ride together in a safe and fun way at our FREE Family Bicycling Workshops.

Join the Bicycle Coalition’s Safe Routes to School program certified
cycling instructors for fun workshops for parents and kids. Workshops may take place Virtually (via Zoom) or in person.

Register early, space is limited!

For more information and to sign up, visit our Family Bicycling Workshop page here!

 

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