{"id":6497,"date":"2021-04-29T14:58:32","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T21:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rtcsnv.com\/news\/?p=6497"},"modified":"2021-04-29T14:58:32","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T21:58:32","slug":"nevada-moves-week-and-bike-to-school-day-are-just-around-the-corner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/nevada-moves-week-and-bike-to-school-day-are-just-around-the-corner\/","title":{"rendered":"Nevada Moves Week and Bike to School Day are just around the corner \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Guest written by Mauricio Marin, CCSD Spokesperson<\/em><\/p>\r\n<p>The Clark County School District (CCSD) is excited to once again promote Nevada Moves Week, observed May 3-7. This is an opportunity to highlight the benefits of safe walking and biking to and from school.<\/p>\r\n<p>Whether a school plans a formal event or just encourages students to move, Nevada Moves Week is a fun way to get students and parents involved in physical activity.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>In addition to Nevada Moves Week, CCSD\u2019s Safe Routes to School staff is celebrating Bike to School Day, on May 5. Biking is yet another way of getting physical exercise needed for a healthy mind and body.<\/p>\r\n<p>Safe Routes to School is an international program to encourage safe walking and bicycling to and from schools. Safe Routes to School is based on six principles, the 6 E\u2019s:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Education<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Encouragement<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Engagement<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Engineering<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Evaluation<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Equity<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>The success of Safe Routes to School is due to a combined effort from parents, schools, community leaders, and state, local and federal governments \u2013 including valued partners such as the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada. One of the keys to this effort is to acknowledge barriers to safe walking and biking and then work to overcome them so that students can safely engage in these healthy activities.<\/p>\r\n<p>Safe Routes to School events and activities throughout the year fit into CCSD\u2019s five-year strategic plan \u2013 Focus: 2024. Studies show academic achievement scores are positively related to fitness levels and decrease absenteeism by providing a means of transportation.<\/p>\r\n<p>Traci Traasdahl, CCSD\u2019s Safe Routes to School coordinator, says that Nevada Moves Week and Bike to School Day are an important encouragement piece of Safe Routes to School\u2019s mission. \u201cWe call it encouragement because we want to encourage parents to be \u2018walk and roll\u2019 models for their kids,\u201d Traasdahl says.<\/p>\r\n<p>Safe Routes to School offers incentives for students during the week to get out and move. During Nevada Moves Week, Traasdahl says, students and families are encouraged to become more physically active.<\/p>\r\n<p>Traasdahl adds, \u201cIt never hurts to ask ourselves, \u2018How long have we been sitting?\u2019 Physical activity before school, such as walking and biking, gets students\u2019 brains oxygenated and ready to learn. Plus, more walking and biking to school can help reduce morning rush hour traffic.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/ccsd.net\/community\/partnership\/programs\/safe-routes\/\">here<\/a> to learn more about the program and how to get involved.<\/p>\r\n<p>To learn more about Nevada Moves Week and Bike to School Day, contact CCSD\u2019s Safe Routes to School office at 702-799-6560,<a href=\"https:\/\/saferoutestoschool.ccsd.net\/\">\u00a0or click here to visit the Safe Routes to School website.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guest written by Mauricio Marin, CCSD Spokesperson The Clark County School District (CCSD) is excited to once again promote Nevada Moves Week, observed May 3-7. 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