Hardy School Celebrates Walk Bike to School Month

The Hardy Kids GREEN bike/walk calendars for the month of May were submitted and tallied on June 6th. We celebrated in the playground today by raffling off over $500 in prizes from Wheelworks, Quad Bicycles, ATA bicycles and Ciclismo Classico. Special Guest Bobby Mac, our very own cycling icon was there to offer congratulatory words to the kids (and let them lift his bike)

The final results are in! Here is what the kids biked and walked during the month of May:

TOTAL # OF Kids that participated: 94
TOTAL # of miles walked: 1223
TOTAL # of miles biked: 79.6
Farthest Total distance: 35.2
Number of Kids that walked/biked every day: 14
Average distance walked/biked: .4 miles
Average # of days walked/biked: 18 ( out of 24)
Farthest one way distance walked/biked: .8 miles

Multiply the monthly distance X 5 the five months of the year when the weather is fine for walking/biking and the total is: 6510 miles, enough to cross the USA twice!

Pretty cool stats!
At 20 miles to the gallon, that’s 325 gallons of gas
Millions of calories burned
Smiles galore
Great Job everyone!

Thank you Ms D’Amico, parents who walk and bike with their kids, The Arlington School Committee and our walk/bike committee! Bravisimo