VC area schools, Walk to School Day, Oct 5

Valley City  (CSi)  Valley City Public Schools joins  St. Catherine School in Valley City and schools, internationally, to celebrate International Walk to School Day on Wednesday, October 5, 2016.

About 1,100 students from the Valley City schools will be walking to school on Wednesday, October 5 along with parents, teachers and community leaders.

Partnering for the day are administrators from St. Catherine, Jefferson, Washington and the Junior-Senior High Schools with help from Dietrich Bus Service, the Valley City Police Department, School PTO’s and Barnes ON THE MOVE.

The event will begin at 8:30 a.m. with kids, parents and community leaders walking from various staging areas near each school.

The event is being organized by the Barnes ON THE MOVE Partnership which is a group of 17 local non-profit/governmental organizations committed to a healthy community.