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.
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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!
Back to School Night
at William Land Elementary School to see if I can get enough kids to sign up this year for a bike club. Last year, just 4 signed up and we needed 10-15.
Clubs to the left.
Clubs to the right.
I also got a wonderful food truck dinner.
Bike Doc at Heritage Westshore
North Natomas Transportation Management Association (NNTMA) brought Bike Doc to Heritage Westshore.
Four mechanics made small repairs or adjustments to 26 bicycles in our community.
Abbey Stumpf shared information about the services and programs provided by NNTMA.
We also collected some basic bicycling data from residents.
OMG, I misspelled the word “cautious.”
Project Ride Smart
This was the third and final week of Project Ride Smart at Regency Park Elementary. Street rides on Monday and Tuesday.
Doug leading the green group:
Deanna leading the yellow group:
On Thursday we set up four “fun” stations that groups of students rotated through. Calf roping – throwing a hula hoop over a chair while riding a bike. Triple Rings of Fire – a figure 8 with an extra loop. Newspaper Boy – throwing newspapers at a target. 
And the very popular Slow Race – the last person to cross the finish line without touching a foot to the ground is the winner.
At the end of each class, the winner of each rotation competed to become class champion.
Project Ride Smart
Monday and Tuesday: blacktop drills.
Lined up waiting for me to demonstrate the 10-step left land turn:
Friday was the first street ride. Students completed the ABCQuick Check before leaving campus.
40 bikes secured for the weekend with an extremely long thick cable lock.
Three days to go.
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