Walk to School Day


1st Place: Nichols Elementary	2nd Place: Pink Elementary	3rd Place: Nichols Elementary
Photos courtesy of Nichols Elementary and Pink Elementary Schools 2022 Walk to School Day Photo Contest Winners

Walk to School Day is an event where students, parents, school staff, and community members join in a morning walk to school that offers fun physical activity. The community’s presence on the streets reminds us to help create calm, safe routes to school for students to walk and bicycle. Students who safely walk to school are more likely to arrive at school ready to learn.

The 2022 NCTCOG Walk to School Day Summary Sheet is now available. Click here to view the summary sheet and learn more about successful events that happened in 2022.

Save the date for the 2023 Walk to School Day: Wednesday, October 4! Check out the schools that have participated in Texas in previous years! The National Walk and Bike to School Day website has a record of registered events from 2018 to 2022.

There are plenty of other opportunities to find an active way to travel in our region! North Texas will also be hosting Bike to Work celebrations in May 2023! For more information, see the Bike to Work Month Webpage.

NCTCOG's Walk to School Day Promotion

In 2022, 20 schools received FREE promotional materials to support their Walk to School Day events by registering their event with NCTCOG. Each promotional kit included a Walk to School Day banner, and other safety and encouragement items for students. Participating schools also entered their students’ names into a raffle to win one of four brand-new bikes! The 2022 Walk to School Day promotion was presented at the NCTCOG November 2022 Public Meeting. See the slides and recording here.

Social Media Kit for Walk to School Day

NCTCOG has created a social media kit for organizers to promote their events to their school communities using school and/or PTO/PTA organization social media accounts. Sample messages have additionally been created to use as captions in these posts. A link to a Canva template to insert your own photos has been provided in the sample messages document.

Instagram (Square Shaped) Will download as a .zip file

Other Social Media Platforms (Rectangle Shaped) Will download as a .zip file

Walk to School Day (YouTube video)

Sample Messages and Canva Template

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