ASK Elementary School's Walking School Bus
 POSTED: Oct. 17, 2012

 

Anna S. Kuhl Elementary School’s Fit Kids Committee organized its second Walking School Bus. All students in grades 2-6 who are considered walkers were invited to participate.
 
The caravan of students, parents, staff and community leaders – many of whom were dressed in bright yellow clothing and safety vests – enjoyed a fun walk to school on October 4...It was like carpooling to school without the car!

The Fit Kids Committee held the event - which has grown in popularity since the first Walking School Bus hit the streets in May - to encourage students to walk and enjoy exercise. Event organizers Nicole Beam and Lori Sexton, studies show, for various reasons, fewer children are walking to school, and more children are at risk of becoming overweight.
 

The Walking School Bus started at the corner of East Main Street and Kingston Avenue at the J’s Mobil Gas station and proceeded down Kingston Avenue/Culvert Street/Route 209 until it reached the ASK Elementary School playground. Fit Kids Committee members and volunteers were stationed at each bus stop and walked with the "bus." The route was also kept safe by Police Detective Stan Buczek and other police officers who walked the route on foot, and traveled along side the walkers by bike and in a patrol car. Several Port Jervis officials also joined the Walking School Bus, including Police Chief Bill Worden, School District Superintendent John Xanthis and Assistant Superintendent Lorrie Case.