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Vienna Bike/Walk Challenge: Day 2 Results
More than 940 kids biked or walked to class Tuesday in Vienna despite the rain.
Updated 3:41 p.m. Tuesday
Despite rain throughout Tuesday morning, 945 kids biked or walked to school in Vienna as part of the Bike/Walk Challenge – exceeding Monday's total by more than 70 students.
While the number of bikers dwindled from Monday at some schools, in others they flourished: Wolftrap saw more bikers Tuesday than in the first day of the challenge. Most schools didn't see a significant drop because of the weather, and overall, most posted higher numbers than the day before.
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Wolftrap Elementary has taken the lead in the Challenge Cup, awarded to the school with the largest percentage increase in participants over last year's challenge.
Adam Mohning, one of the school's physical education teachers, and Principal Teresa Khuluki joined in Wolftrap's walking and biking trains Tuesday morning.
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Ivette Hess of www.bikesfortheworld.org also joined in on the fun, as Wolftrap collects old bikes to donate to the mission, Safe Routes to School coordinator Jeff Anderson said.
Rookie Westbriar Elementary is holding its lead in the biking cup, awarded to the highest percentage of participants that biked.
All six Vienna schools participating in the Bike/Walk Challenge — along with Flint Hill Elementary School and Kilmer Middle School — are gearing up for national Bike to School Day on Wednesday.
As of last week, 34 schools across Fairfax County had signed up to participate.
Ahead of that event and the entire challenge week, Vienna Elementary School physical education teacher Jon Sidilau, along with parent volunteers Sean McCall and Sonya Marsden, held a special gym class with students in fourth through sixth grades that focused specifically on bicycle safety.
Topics included the "ABCs" (Air Brake Chain), helmet safety, how to lock up a bike, W&OD Trail safety, and bicycle laws — including the Vienna law that children 14 and under wear a helmet.
McCall said he hopes to give the 45-minute class twice a year going forward: once in the fall and again in the spring.
Tuesday Counts:
Walkers and Scooters
Bikers
Total Car
Dropoff
Students by Bus Cunningham Park 145
3
148
not reported
not reported
Louise Archer 194
0
194
not reported
not reported
Marshall Road 177
11
188
not reported
not reported
Westbriar Elementary 67 15 82 not reported not reported Wolftrap
187
29
216
81 cars / 91 kids not reported
Vienna
97
20
117
not reported not reported
Total 867
78
945
Overall Walkers/Bikers:
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Total Cunningham Park 158
148
306
Louise Archer 147
194
341
Marshall Road 166
188
354
Westbriar 97 82
179
Wolftrap 170
216
386
Vienna 128
117
245
Total
866 945 1811
Percentage of School Population
Number of Walkers/Bikers
Total Population
Percent of population participating
Designated Walkers
Percent of walking population participating
Cunningham Park 148 475
31.15%
.63%
360
41.11%
Louise Archer 194
825
23.51%
0%
70
277%
Marshall Road 188
668
1.64%
282 66.66%
Westbriar 82
551 14.88% 2.72% 183
44.80% Wolftrap
216
567 38.09%
5.11%
255
84.70%
Vienna
117
367
31.88%
5.44%
122
95.9%
Total 945
3,453
Challenge Cup Standings
Tuesday Participants
Week Participants
Last Year Total Points 1 Wolftrap 216 386 1087 35 2 Cunningham Park 148 306 987 31 3 Vienna 117 245 847 28.92 4 Marshall Road 188 354 1285 27.54 5 Louise Archer 194 341 1486 22.94
Bike Cup Standings
Standing SchoolDay Cyclists Week Cyclists Total Bikers/
Walkers Points 1 Westbriar
15 37
97
38.14
2
Vienna 20 45 128 35.15
3 Marshall Road 11 29 166
17.46 4
Wolftrap
29 54 386 13.98
6 Cunningham
3 10 158
6.32
6 Louise Archer 0 1 147
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