Bike to School Day was a huge success!
What a beautiful day for a bike ride! A huge thank you to all of the students and parents who rode to school today, either as part of one of the organized group rides or on their own. We had approximately 240 riders overall at Westgate (up from 215 last year), including 130 Westgate students who were registered (up from 101 last year) as well as siblings, some of whom attend kindergarten at Rosscarrock. It was great to see the school grounds crawling with bikes again and many happy, smiling (and slightly sweaty) faces. The kids were thrilled to see some of their teachers on the ride and also generously helping with bike tagging and parking.
A special thank you to the team of parent volunteers -- Alison, Carolyn, Diane, Erik, Jeannette, Ketty, Magdalena, Marisa, Paul, Shauna and Sheri -- who helped this morning coordinating the groups at the various "stops" for bike-to-school day. Thanks for keeping us on time, on route and safe! Thank you also to parent volunteers Susan and Betty who helped with "site support" handing out bike tags and buttons. Finally, many thanks to Isabel for designing the logo for the buttons.
Thank you also to Srta. Usoa, Srta. Tamara and Mr. Fehr for your support in planning the event and most of all for biking with us today. Nothing makes a kid's head turn more than seeing a teacher or principal "in the wild!"
See you next year on the first Tuesday in June for Bike to School Day 2017.
¡Buen trabajo a todos! Merci beaucoup!
Susannah Thomsen
