Active Transportation at Green Lake Elementary
Our Active Transportation Committee works every year to make commuting to and from school fun, safe, and well...active! For the 2024-2025 school year, we are doing this mainly through our Bike Everywhere (and to School) Month activities in May.
BIKE EVERYWHERE (AND TO SCHOOL) MONTH
Tune up your family’s bicycles now and make a plan to participate in the many ‘Bike Everywhere Month’ activities GLES has planned during the month of May.
Bingo cards and additional details will be sent home in your student's backpacks in late April before we kick off the May events.
GLES BIKE EVERYWHERE MONTH ACTIVITIES:
Our main activity will be the GLES BIKE BINGO game that prompts students to complete a number of biking or rolling activities, including Bike to School Day on Wednesday, May 7th, the GLES Donut Ride on Saturday, May 17th, and the school's participation in the Pedal Relief Project on Saturday, May 31st.
New for this year's 2025 BIKE BINGO game, the classes at Green Lake Elementary will be competing against each other to earn the most BINGO's (prorated to account for class size). The class with the most BINGO's will win an in-class donut party with donuts donated by Mighty-O Donuts! Prizes will also be awarded to the individuals who complete the most bingo sheet squares.
Download and print the 2025 Bingo Sheet
Weds, May 7 - BIKE / ROLL TO SCHOOL DAY
Bike or roll to GLES and stop by the welcome table near the bike racks at the front of the school for free goodies and giveaways. As you arrive at the school, please walk your bike if you are on the sidewalks.
Sat, May 17 - GLES DONUT RIDE
Meet 9am at the Green Lake Mighty-O Donuts for a sweet treat prior to riding counter clockwise as a group around the outer Green Lake bike path, ending at the bike mounds in Lower Woodland Park. We will ride rain or shine!
Weds, May 28 - GLES BIKE MEET-UP at the Wallingford Farmers Market
Bike/roll/walk to the event at Meridian Park and meet up for a picnic dinner and fun.
GLES families meet in the grass area west of the vendor tents.
cascade bicycle club's pedal relief project
Volunteer on May 31st with other Green Lake Elementary families to deliver food by bike to food-insecure neighbors via Cascade Bicycle Club’s Pedal Relief Project. In order to participate, each family must complete Cascade's online registration form linked below.
Sign up for the May 31st "Green Lake Only Group Rivendell APT" delivery ride to bike with other Green Lake Elementary families:
BIKE to school bike trains
We invite you to form and manage a ‘Bike Train’ to bike students to and from Green Lake Elementary during the months of April, May, and June. Each group would coordinate their own route and timing for the Bike Train to function. Please email garettcycles@gmail.com if you do form a bike train or if you have any questions.
Read this Bike to School Train Planning Guide
