For the first time in Greene County history, students from all Greene County schools will walk a half-mile to school on Friday, Oct. 1 in celebration of International Walk to School Day. The actual date of the event is Oct. 6, but because Greene County students will be out of school for Fall Break, Superintendent Dr. Barbara Pulliam-Davis selected the first Friday in October as Walk to School Day for Greene County School System.

More than 1,600 students from the Corry Boston Jackson Preschool, Greensboro Elementary School, Union Point Elementary School, Carson Middle School, Greene County High School and Lake Oconee Academy will participate in the walk. Students will be joined by teachers, parents and volunteers that morning as they depart from one central drop-off location to their respective schools.

In the U.S., International Walk to School Day is expected to include 5,000 schools from 50 states. Walkers from the U.S. will join children and adults in 40 countries around the world.

Walk to School events work to create safer routes for walking and bicycling, and emphasize the importance of issues such as increasing physical activity among children, pedestrian safety, traffic congestion, concern for the environment and building connections between families, schools and the broader community.

For additional information about Greene County School System’s Walk to School Day celebration, please contact Robyn Brunson, Communications Coordinator, at 706-453-7688 ext. 2247.