Over 4,000 kids from 30 elementary schools have graduated from BikeWalkKC’s BLAST program since we started in 2012, and this fall we are excited to bring BLAST to four new schools in the Olathe School District.
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BLAST school-based bike education program goes to Park Hill School District
BLAST school-based bike education program goes to Park Hill School District Students at Russell Jones Education Center in the Park Hill School District participated in the final BLAST: Kids on Bikes class of the season last week. Russell Jones Education Center is a K-12 school focused on teaching and empowering students with special needs and […]
Whittier Students Learn Confidence and Traffic Safety with BLAST: Kids on Bikes
Proven program teaches KC Public Schools' fifth and sixth graders safety and handling skills through bicycling; helps school district reduce transportation costs.
BLAST at eight schools in the Northland, Hickman Mills and Raytown this fall
BikeWalkKC’s popular bike skills program for elementary school students is in a record eight schools this fall, returning for another semester in the North Kansas City and Hickman Mills school districts. This year BLAST is also expanding to the Raytown School District for the first time. BLAST (Bike Lesson And Safety Training) visits 5th grade […]
BLAST bike classes at Southeast Community Center
BikeWalkKC and KC Parks are partnering to bring BLAST (Bike Lesson and Safety Training) out of the classroom and into the Southeast Community Center for four weekends this fall. BLAST offers bike skills and bike safety training for youth ages 10-15.
BikeWalkKC brings BLAST to the Washington Wheatley neighborhood
BLAST paid a visit to the Washington Wheatley neighborhood yesterday to teach bicycle safety and handling skills to fifth, sixth and seventh graders as part of a partnership with Children’s Mercy Hospital and FreeWheels for Kids. The three week program is being hosted in conjunction with FreeWheels for Kids’ Earn-a-Bike Program. The program ends with […]
Bring BLAST to your summer camp, class, or program
BLAST (Bicycle Lesson And Safety Training) gives 4th-5th graders the knowledge and skills to bike safely and confidently to school or around the neighborhood.
BLAST school-based bike education expands in Northland and KCK
This spring BikeWalkKC's successful school-based bike skills curriculum has expanded to four new schools in the KCK and North Kansas City school districts, now serving more than 500 fifth graders across the metro area. BLAST (Bicycle Lesson And Safety Training) is our innovative school-based program that brings a fleet of bikes into local elementary schools […]