At Regency Park Elementary. My teaching partner, Deanna Yee:
The melon drop which shows the importance of wearing a helmet. Note the four boys in the back row who won’t sit on the grass because it might make their pants dirty.
We worked four days with Wednesday off – so nice to have a rest day in the middle of the week.
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Ribbon cutting
A new bicycle-pedestrian light has been added at Del Paso Road and Jack Rabbit Trail. 
The grand opening was this morning. Funding came from the City of Sacramento and North Natomas Transportation Management Association. City Councilperson Angelique Ashby:
Project Ride Smart
The second and final week at Witter Ranch. ABCQuick Check:
Blacktop drills. I’m about to ride down the lane to demonstrate the next drill while Elle and Deanna describe what students are expected to do.
The community bike rides were Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. I always take the Red group. 
Early Friday morning fire drill. It was amazing how quiet everyone was.
Today was more of a fun day on bicycles. The “Triple Rings of Fire” -a figure 8 with an extra loop:
The “Slow Race” -the slowest person without touching a foot to the ground was the winner:
The boy in the middle could pretty much stand still:
Project Ride Smart
at Witter Ranch Elementary (just 2 miles from my house). We worked with three 5th grade classes – class sizes of 34-35 students each was a bit more challenging.
Getting ready for blacktop drills by putting on helmets and doing personal safety check:
Project Ride Smart
This week we finished the last of the community rides. I had the blue group – what a great teaching experience. All my students were delightful, they listened when I needed to teach, accepted coaching tips with a smile, and were excellent bicycle drivers. One of their favorite things was to wave car drivers through intersections when it was their turn to go – they knew the right-of-way rules better than adults. 
When I told this group that they could do a picture with goofy faces or whatever, they declined, not even bunny ears. One student told me, “That’s so 2014.”
In the summertime, there’s a button you can push and water squirts out of the horse’s nostrils.
At the end of the day, it usually takes two students to collect jerseys, but this student figured out how to do it by himself:
This was one of the best Project Ride Smart sessions we’ve ever had. The students and staff at Westlake Charter School were wonderful to work with.
Project Ride Smart
Monday: Success! After two after-school coaching sessions, several students had learned to ride.
Blacktop drills: scanning and left turn.
How the bikes were stored each day. The vertical storage was the hardest, lifting the bigger bikes onto high hooks – ugh.
By Thursday, the community street rides began:
Jason was one of our parent volunteers who rode with my group. Here, his son is teaching him how to do the ABCQuick Check before riding. He did a great job.
Project Ride Smart
Today I worked with Deanna and Pollyanna at Westlake Charter School. I love this LCI team, we work well together.
WCS is a brand new school, more on than later in a separate blog post. Getting the bikes down every morning from a not-very-good storage system. Note the electric pump for inflating tires – we pumped up 80 tires (omg-sore right thigh muscles).
Chalking and coning the playground for blacktop drills:
Students lined up to watch a demonstration of the skills to be practiced:
After school, there was one hour of coaching for new riders. My boa of helmets at the end of the day:
This was a long day, almost 9 hours, I was sooo tired.
50 Bikes for 50 Kids
at H Allen Hight School.
The bike-building room. 25 kids come in the morning, 25 come after lunch.
Two kids from Project Ride Smart at Natomas Park Elementary got bikes. It was so good to see them again.
The staff at North Natomas Transportation Management Association:
I set up the obstacle course, the last step of the whole process.
There were three great volunteers, Cari, Main, and Joseph and a fellow LCI, Dan Allison. The news media was also on hand.
This is such a great community event. Thanks to all the sponsors:
Coffee with a friend
Sue Schooley, a fellow LCI, and I caught up over coffee today. And I was able to give her a mini-quilt I made for her using t-shirts she had collected from the annual bike festival that she organizes every year for the city of Roseville. She hung it in her office and sent me a picture.
Project Ride Smart
At H Allen Hight. An early morning start!
I was so happy to ride my bike the 3 miles to work, at least on Monday and Tuesday. Riding with 7 am commute traffic required vigilance.
We got rained out on Wednesday and Thursday, Friday was a beautiful day. In class, helmets on and personal safety check:
ABCQuick Check: 
We divided the students into 2 large groups with 2 LCIs and a parent volunteer and went for a fun ride in Natomas Regional Park. 
I really liked NOT being in charge, I just showed up and did what I was told – ahhh.
After work each day, I worked on a mini-quilt for a friend, Sue Schooley, who gave me a bunch of commemorative t-shirts from the annual Roseville Bikefest that she organizes. Also, a little zippered bag with the scraps.
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