Congratulations, Justine, you are about to be a bicycle rider! Every 5th grader at Regency Park can ride a bike. Christy and I did a one-hour after-school coaching session last Friday and today.
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Project Ride Smart
Project Ride Smart at Regency park began Tuesday. I’m working with two new LCIs who are also new to teaching Project Ride Smart – Christy Lewis and Sue Schooley. 
The melon drop:
This melon didn’t wear a helmet:
Mr Young is so supportive. He came to after-school coaching on Friday and taught one student how to ride a bike while Christy and I worked with 4 other students. He also spent extra time reinforcing some of the concept we taught.
Ride leader training at Jibe
Veteran LCIs and about-to-become LCIs got together today for some ride leader training at the Jibe office. Mellissa Meng was the organizer.
We spent 2 hours on bikes in small groups on the streets around Natomas Park Elementary practicing good teaching techniques. Hopefully Project Ride Smart will soon have some new instructors.
50 Bikes for 50 Kids
8:30 am arrival.
The first room where everyone registered and got their t-shirt and students met their build team.
The second room was set up with 25 bike-building stations.
The first 25 students building their bikes:
Meanwhile I set up a skills course, the last step in the process.
In the afternoon, 25 more students arrived. There were two build teams from Four Seasons Westshore. My neighbors Matt & Colleen worked with a high school girl who preferred no photographs.
Ray and Lynn worked with an autistic high school boy:
The skills course had several volunteers throughout the day.
Four Seasons residents also donated $290 to 50 Bikes for 50 Kids which meant our name got onto the banner.
Jibe ridealong
I was up quite early this morning to meet the Jibe Express driver at 6 am. I love doing this for Jibe. The goal today was to give riders a delicious muffin from a local restaurant, ask for feedback re expanding service and future projects for Jibe and Regional Transit, and to remind everyone about the coming holiday hours. I made two trips to downtown Sacramento on two different routes.
It’s hard to see out the window on these buses. Seriously reduced view out the front windows and tinted windows on the sides.
Project Ride Smart
This was the 11th day of Project Ride Smart at Westlake Charter School. As it turned out, it was my last day of work. Last week I was fighting a cold but managed to press on. By today, it was clear someone needed to take my place. Darn. WCS is a great school to work at – very modern, supportive staff, engaged and excited students.
Students being interviewed about their experience:
Lots of parent volunteers for the street rides:
Note the student at the far right:
I was so proud of this group. They are perfectly executing a left turn from a stop sign as individual drivers of their vehicles:
North Natomas – Westlake Charter School
I’ve been teaching Project Ride Smart with Deanna at Westlake Charter School since Oct 15, so this is our second week. I love looking at the all the stuff on the walls. I loved this display. This is a picture of the diversity in this classrooom, school, and North Natomas in general.
Jackrabbit Trail celebration
I helped out at one of Jibe’s locations along the trail. It was a WINDY day, to say the least.
Really windy!
Should Jump Bikes come to North Natomas?
Where would you put three sticky dots?
And, engage with the public!
Over 200 people visited out location. Fun.
Project Ride Smart
Monday-Friday. It was mainly bike rides in the community this final week. The other LCIs were Gina, Doug, and Deanna. We each had no more than 8 students in each group.
Personal safety check:
Some houses had great Halloween decorations:
Project Ride Smart
at Natomas Park Elementary.
Students lined up to watch Gina demonstrate the 10-step left turn.
Getting back into the regular routine wasn’t easy. I was tired on Friday. And I only worked 4 hours a day!
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