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Northport Participates in National Walk to School Day
The community put on their walking shoes Tuesday, Oct. 5.
Norwood Avenue Elementary School celebrated National Walk to School Day on the morning of Oct. 5 as students and their families dedicated time towards raising awareness regarding health, community and the benefits of walking or biking to school.
School officials decided to participate in the national event about four years ago after hearing about the initiative from a PTA member. The school community showed great support for the day. Even students that lived far from the school participated by parents parking nearby and walking over. Students walked, rode their scooters and some even biked to the school. Principal Michael Genovese greeted parents and students as they arrived.
Norwood Avenue mother Tish Sposato took part with her family to take her third-grader and fifth-grader to school. They walked about a mile from their house and Sposato praised the school for taking part in the national movement.
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“It’s a great initiative,” she said. “I wish they could walk every day.”
Story by Syntax, Photos courtesy of the Northport-East Northport School District
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