Walk and Roll Club for 2013-2014

The Walk and Roll Club is back with new events and backpack charms!

Join the monthly Walk and Roll Wednesdays by walking or cycling to school. Stop by the front of the school to collect backpack charms. Walk or bike to school on your own or join a walking school bus from the Train Station or DiRenzo Park. Walking Buses leave at 8 am. Be sure to thank our crossing guards who are out there no matter what the weather. 

Why walk or bike to school?
There are multiple benefits of walking and bicycling including:

• increasing physical activity
• teaching safe pedestrian and bicycling skills to students
• awareness of how walkable and bikeable our community is and where improvements can be made
• reducing traffic congestion, pollution and motor vehicle speed near schools
• arriving awake and ready to learn which leads to improved test scores

Join our Monthly Events

November Walk & Roll Club

Join the
Use your Brain
Walk and Roll club event on Wednesday November 17th

Protecting your brain while bicycling, skating, scootering or skateboarding is easy . . . always wear a helmet and make sure it is fastened correctly. Broken bones can heal, broken brains do not.

Youth bike helmets donated by Northern NJ SafeKids will be raffled off. Come early to enter to win.

This month we will be collecting donations of food to give to local food pantries. Wish list of food items: Canned vegetables; peanut butter; jelly; macaroni & cheese; 100% fruit juice boxes; cereal bars; instant breakfast drink mix; tuna fish; fruit cups; canned soups; applesauce; etc.

Bring your Walk & Roll Club card or pick one up in front of the school on Wednesday morning. Those who joined our previous monthly walks received backpack charms. Join us in November for a new charm to add to your collection.

Walk on your own or join one of our 3 walking school buses. Join up at 7:50 am at the following meeting points or meet the walking "bus" along their route. See "walking school bus" tab above for a route map.

• Route 1 meets at Cross Street & Amendola
• Route 2 meets at DiRenzo Park
• Route 3 meets at Netcong Heights apartments

Did you know? New Jersey law requires all children under the age of 17 to wear a properly fitted and fastened helmet while bicycling, roller skating, in-line skating or skateboarding.

How a helmet should fit:

1) The helmet should fit directly over the forehead, two fingers above the eyebrows.

2) Tighten the chinstrap to keep the helmet from slipping forward or backward. Only two fingers should fit under the chinstrap.

3) The straps of the helmet should form a “V” under your ears when buckled.

Special thanks to KJ Fuery at Northern NJ SafeKids and the Budd Lake FedEx for making our October walk to school celebration such a success!

Remember to Dine out at Rose's Place on Friday November 19th. Roses will donate 10% of proceeds to Netcong School. Join us for a night of good neighbors and GREAT food.

October Walk & Roll Club and Walk-a-Thon

Join the Walk & Roll Club

Wednesday
October 20th




Walk & Roll Club and Walk-a-Thon

October’s monthly walk and roll club coincides with our fundraiser "Too Cool To Do Drugs!" walk-a-thon. Those who walk or ride to school will earn extra laps towards their walk-a-thon total. Help support our kids by collecting pledges and walking or biking to school.

October is International Walk to School Month (iWalk). In celebration, Northern NJ SafeKids and FedEx will be in the font of the school to teach pedestrian safety. Walk to school early for a chance to walk through a FedEx truck and pick up pedestrian safety items.

Bring your Walk & Roll Club card or pick one up in front of the school on Wednesday morning. Those who joined our Cat Walk in September received a backpack token. Join us in October for a new token to add to your collection.

Walk on your own or join one of our 3 walking school buses.

Join up at 7:50 am at the following meeting points or meet the walking "bus" along their route. See "walking school bus" tab above for a route map.

• Route 1 meets at Cross Street & Amendola
• Route 2 meets at DiRenzo Park
• Route 3 meets at Netcong Heights apartments

Drugs . . . Walk Away Everyday

For more information about SafeKids, visit: www.preventionworks-nj.org

Club Events for 2010-2011

The Walk and Roll Club is back!

Start the school year off right by joining the Netcong Walk and Roll Club.





On Walk and Roll Wednesdays, students and parents are encouraged to leave the car at home and take walk or ride a bike to school . . .

• for health

• for the environment

• for safer streets

Netcong Elementary students will receive a Walk and Roll Club card. Each time you participate in a Club event, bring the card to the front of the school and get a hole punch. Parents are encouraged but not required to participate. Students can walk from home or join one of three walking buses anywhere along a designated route. See the tab at the top of this page for the walking school bus map.

The events for 2010 and 2011 are:

September 15, 2010: Cat Walk
October 20, 2010: "Too Cool to Do Drugs" PTA Walk-a-Thon
November 17, 2010: Use your Brain Walk & Roll
December 15, 2010: Jingle Bell Walk
January 19, 2011: Penguin Walk
February 16, 2011: Stop in the Name of Love Walk
March 16, 2011: Lucky Walk & Roll
April 13, 2011: Walk & Roll for the Earth
May 18, 2011: Sneaker Day Walk & Roll
June 15, 2011: Clean Air Walk & Roll

More information to follow.

Also, several PTA fundraisers coincide with Walk & Roll Club events.
Please mark your calendars and plan to dine at the following restaurants:

Sept. 15- Chili's Bar & Grill in the Mt. Olive Trade Zone

December 15- Chili's Bar & Grill in the Mt. Olive Trade Zone

January 19- Bensi in the Roxbury Mall

April 13- Bensi in the Roxbury Mall

Restaurants will donate 10% of proceeds to Netcong School