Safe Routes to School
Healthier Routes to School Program
Healthier Routes to School Program Safe Routes to School is a Federal Program that was established to encourage students to live a more active lifestyle through walking and biking to and from school on a regular basis. This program originated in Denmark about 40 years ago and first gained a foothold in the US 15 years ago in California and New York. The purposes of Safe Routes to School Programs are to give students and families an avenue to develop a lifestyle of fitness through walking and biking to school, to see a decrease in emissions levels in the school zones and the communities, and to see a decrease in overall transportation costs both for the school system and families. These purposes may be accomplished through; Education (Bike & Pedestrian Safety), Encouragement (Events throughout the year), Enforcement (Police Department involvement), Engineering (Improvement to the infrastructure and/or addition of infrastructure), Evaluation (Walkability Observations) and Equity (Ensuring inclusion all demographic groups).
Our goal is to have participation by all students grades K-12.
Current Participating Schools
Elementary School
- An Achievable Dream Academy
- B.C. Charles Elementary School
- Carver Elementary School
- Deer Park Elementary School
- Discovery STEM Academy
- Dutrow Elementary School
- General Stanford Elementary School
- Greenwood Elementary School
- Hidenwood Elementary School
- Hilton Elementary School
- Jenkins Elementary School
- John Marshall Early Childhood Center
- Katherine Johnson Elementary School
- Kiln Creek Elementary School
- Knollwood Meadows Elementary School
- McIntosh Elementary School
- Newsome Elementary School
- Palmer Elementary School
- Richneck Elementary School
- Riverside Elementary School
- Sanford Elementary School
- Saunders Elementary School
- Sedgefield Elementary School
- Stoney Run Elementary School
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Middle School
- Achievable Dream Middle & High School
- BT Washington Middle School
- Crittenden Middle School
- Ella Fitzgerald Middle School
- Gildersleeve Middle School
- Hines Middle School
- Huntington Middle School
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High School
- Denbigh High School
- Heritage High School
- Menchville High School
- Warwick High School
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Contact Information
Soraya Brandao-Traxler
Safe Routes to School Coordinator
2400 Washington Avenue
8th Floor
Newport News, VA 23607
Phone: 757-926-7588
Fax: 757-926-8300
Email: brandao-traxlersa@nnva.gov