

| Ithaca police officer Christine Barksdale explains the proper helmet fit and the safety course to help the students learn and practice safe bicycling skills. |

| Students practice watching for traffic as they leave the driveway, stopping at stop signs, and using hand signals to make turns. |



| Students can use either a bicycle or a scooter to nagaivate the bike safety course. |
| At the end of the day, all of the 3rd and 4th graders gather to watch as the principal (Intrim Principal Earlene Carr in 2005) determines the winner of the mountain bike. |





| The Bi-annual 3rd and 4th Grade Bike Safety Rodeo not only has students watch videos on bike safety, but also includes instruction by a police officer and supervised practice. |
| Students who return a signed Bike Safety Pledge are entered in the drawing for a bicycle which has been donated by Olver & Associates Insurance in 2003 and 2005. |

| The 2005 winner of the mountain bike raffle! |