Walk + Roll Events

We hold Walk + Roll events throughout the year to encourage walking and rolling to school. Rolling means using any device that has wheels but doesn’t have a motor—such as a bicycle, a scooter, a skateboard, rollerblades, roller skates, or a wheelchair—for transportation.

Our Walk + Roll events include:

  • Walking Buses

    • Walking School Buses A walking bus is a group of students, family members, school staff, and community leaders that walk together along a route to school.

    • This alleviates car congestion in school zones. Students can practice pedestrian safety tools and skills.

  • International Walk + Roll to School Day

    • The first or second Wednesday in October

    • Students who walk or roll to school receive prizes when they arrive

  • Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day

    • November 14 (or the following Wednesday if the 14th is on the weekend)

    • Students receive prizes for walking to school

    • Students learn about Ruby Bridges and her courageous walk for justice in their classrooms

RUBY BRIDGES WALK TO SCHOOL DAY NOVEMBER 2023

AT ONLY 6 YEARS OLD, RUBY BRIDGES LED A COURAGEOUS FIRST STEP IN AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS HISTORY. WE COMMEMORATE HER BRAVERY BY CREATING A SPACE TO HAVE OPEN DIALOUGE ABOUT HER LEGACY, WHILE SIMUTANEOULSY RAISING AWARENESS AND ENCOURAGING STUDENTS TO WALK SAFELY TO SCHOOL.

Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day Logo. Solid purple background with a graphic design of ruby bridges as a child walking to with a book in her hand.

THANK YOU TO ALL STUDENTS, PARENTS, SCHOOL STAFF, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT PARTICIPATED IN OUR 2ND ANNUAL RUBY BRIDGES WALK TO SCHOOL DAY.

A large group of Bush Elementary Students standing infront of school with Ruby Bridges walk to school signs and salem keizer safe routes to school banners.
Students from Lee elementary school walking on up a sidewalk on ruby bridges walk to school day.
A group of students from Grant Elementary School posing infront of school sign with ruby bridges walk to school banners, posters, and signs.

A SPECIAL THANKS TO THE EIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THAT HOSTED A 2023 WALK AT THEIR SCHOOL

Cummings Elementary school mascot, a cartoon cougar.

Cummings Elementary School

Bush Elementary School Mascot, A cartoon black and orange tiger paw.

Bush Elementary School

Lee elementary School Mascot, Two mountains with a large grey lightning bolt through the middle.

Lee Elementary School

Wright Elementary School Mascot, A blue cartoon falcon flying with its wings in the air. With an orange small heart on the chest.

Wright Elementary School

Washington Elementary School Mascot, A cartoon white, green, and black wildcat head that is growling.
Hammond Elementary School Mascot, An yellow and black bobcat head.

Washington Elementary School

Hammond Elementary School

Forest Ridge Elementary School & Optimum Learning Environments

Forest Ridge Elementary School Mascot, A large green black and yellow cartoon falcon head
Grant Community School Mascot, A blue outline of a grizzly bea'rs head.

Grant Community School