The first school receiving our bike safety lesson this fall turned out to be a very special place with students who LOOOVE bikes. The Project Learn School!
The school piqued my interest when I first learned about it. This is a school that is successfully producing results through project-based learning! In fact, one class, led by Mr. Jason Huber, created an entry for the Kensington Kinetic Sculpture Derby and became the youngest team to win an award! Click here to learn more.
The school is situated in a small building, but looks are deceiving from the outside and the space inside is maximized. Sometimes, you can see quite a lot from the first impression, and a smiling face from both the staff and the students makes quite an impression, not to mention all the student work and pictures on the walls.
The group was an excited and respectful bunch of 50 students from grades 5 through 8. The lesson went very smoothly and a lot of students added to the lesson. After the lesson, I had a few interesting talks from the students. One in particular was at the end of the day with a student who was waiting for a ride. I sat next to him, and we spoke about the class, the school, and biking in general. He was very excited to show me their creation for the Kinetic Sculpture Derby. I told him how he is going to such a special school. He confidently replied, "It sure is."
Special thanks goes out to Ms. Lisa Pack helping to organize and plan for our lesson in bicycle safety. Here's to 50 more students that are now safer in the streets of Philadelphia!
Ride safe,
~Cy
Lessons are available for FREE to 5th grade classrooms in every Private, Parochial, and Charter School in Philadelphia! If you or someone you know would like us to visit a school, please contact Cy@bicyclecoalition.org. For public elementary schools, we've got a special program that will be coming to your school! Check out our website for more information.
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