SC Safe Routes to School
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Blythe Academy SRTS
Safe Routes to School from Eleanor Dunlap on Vimeo.
South Carolina Walk to School Day 2011
- One Hundred and Thirty Four Schools in South Carolina registered and held Walk to School Day events.
- More than 50,000 students, parents, educators, and neighbors in SC participated in International Walk to School Day events on October 5, 2011.
- South Carolina ranked 6th in the US in participation in International Walk to School Day (#2 in the Southeast region behind Florida).
- The Mayor of Fountain Inn issued a proclamation for Walk to School Day.
- The Mayor of North Charleston participated in Walk to School Day at Chicora School of Communications.
- Mellichamp Elementary School held a Walk to School Assembly that featured a WTSD song, WTSD rap, steppers, dancers and a WTSD poster and essay contest for each grade. The walk was capped off by having Orangeburg-Wilkerson High School marching band Drumline play for them throughout the entire school walk.
South Carolina Walk to School Day 2010
- More than 125 South Carolina Schools registered and held Walk to School Day events.
- More than 52,000 students, parents, educators, and neighbors in SC participated in International Walk to School Day events on October 6, 2010.
- South Carolina ranked 6th in the US in participation in International Walk to School Day (#2 in the Southeast region behind Florida).
- The Mayor of North Charleston issued a proclamation for Walk to School Day.
- The Mayor of Fountain Inn actively participated in Walk to School Day at Fountain Inn Elementary School.
- Rodney Oldham, SC Safe Routes to School Coordinator, was interviewed by Andrew Harmon, Host of CSRA Today of Clear Channel Communications (a Public Affairs Show) to promote and celebrate International Walk to School Day.
SC Moving Safe Routes to School Projects Forward
http://www.saferoutespartnership.org/mediacenter/enews/july2010#eight
Safe Routes to School in Action (Pine Street Elementary, Spartanburg County)
http://www.saferoutespartnership.org/media/file/SC_Spartanburg11-09.pdf
NBC Nightly News Story - Walking School Bus
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/27038279#27038279
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