Abigail Vare School's Intramural Bike Club

At Safe Routes Philly, we’re excited to work with Physical Education and Health Teachers at public elementary and middle schools throughout Philadelphia. After receiving our pedestrian and bicycle safety lessons, kids become safer at doing our favorite springtime activities: getting outside to walk and bike.
Some of our schools have a fleet of bicycles that students can ride in and outside of the school. Melissa Ficklin, PE Teacher at Abigail Vare School at 1621 Moyamensing Avenue in South Philly, has found more than one way to get her kids active on Vare’s shiny Schwinns. With her eight youth bikes set up on stationary trainers, her students get a special addition to their PE routine: spinning in the gym.

In the past, Melissa has led her students on rides up and down the bike paths along Delaware Avenue as part of an intramural bike club. She plans on doing so again this year. Neighborhood Bike Works South Philly will lend a mechanical hand to get her fleet ready to sail the Delaware (Avenue bike paths, that is).