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Bike Rodeos
Each year, School District 23 and the i-go regional active transportation program partners to deliver bike education programs to elementary schools throughout the region. Bike rodeos are offered leading up to Bike to School Week and help to ensure both students and parents are better equipped/prepared to make cycling to school a regular habit. This year the program will be delivered to an estimated 2500 students in 12 schools throughout the region!
 Students in grades k through 5 from each school will take part in the rodeos to prepare them for cycling to/from school on a regular basis. Students will learn key cycling skills such as proper hand signals, scanning techniques, obstacle avoidance, roadway awareness and intersection crossing safety. They will also learn the importance of proper bike maintenance and helmet fit. Each student will take home an information booklet and bike/helmet inspection sheet so that they could discuss what they have learned with their family.
2011 Participating Schools
 Kelowna schools:
May 4th Dorothea Walker
May 5th Glenmore
May 9th Quigley
May 10th South Rutland
May 12th Pearson Rd
May 16th Black Mountain
May 17th Springvalley
May 18th Chute Lake
Regional schools:
May 6th Peachland
May 13th Rose Valley
May 20th Glenrosa
May 24th Hudson
June 1st Oyama
For more information about organizing your own bike rodeo or getting your class or school involved next year, contact Dave Gibson, Traffic Safety Officer 250-470-3283 dgibson@sd23.bc.ca
Thank you to all the Kelowna and Area Cycling Coalition and local Bike Shops for their assistance, and to the 2011 Bike Rodeo financial sponsors:
Central Okanagan Teachers Association, CUPE 338, Walmart Kelowna.
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