The Alameda County Safe Routes to Schools (SR2S) Program is celebrating the success of one of its core countywide events: the Golden Sneaker Contest, a popular annual tradition administered by Alameda CTC’s SR2S Program. The program is a comprehensive and proven approach to increase safe walking and biking to school with the goals of reducing congestion and harmful pollutants around schools and increasing the safety and physical activity of students. This year, over 80 schools registered for the event and participated between March 3rd and March 14th. The contest mobilized over 15,000 students throughout Alameda County into active travel for the trip to school.
An average of 65% of Platinum Sneaker-winning Lockwood STEAM Academy students took an active or shared transportation option to school during the contest. This included 24 classrooms and approximately 574 students. The winning classroom was Ms. Brynna Price’s 3-5th grade Special Education class, with 94% participation. Alameda CTC extends a special thank you to the Lockwood STEAM Academy Safe Routes Champion, Rose Chardak, and school vice principal, Roberto Lascon, for bringing the SR2S Program and their award-winning participation to their school.
