Safety Belt Programs for Children Age 9-10
100 Mile Challenge
Just before entering middle school, most children experience a confidence surge that helps prepare them for adolescence. This new confidence also enables them to influence the behavior of others. IPR developed the 100 Mile Challenge program to prepare preteens for independent traveling and to empower them to encourage family members and friends to buckle up.
The 100 Mile Challenge is an educational incentive program which is designed to increase the use of seat belts and bicycle helmets by fifth grade students and their families. Students are required to track the number of miles they travel either buckled up or in a bicycle helmet during a three-week period. Parents must sign students` mileage records and must also assist with odometer readings to ensure their participation. Students who turn in their mileage sheets weekly are eligible to receive prizes that are donated by various local businesses.
The 100 Mile Challenge includes presentations by trauma nurses and local law enforcement, weekly worksheets, a poster contest, a poem/song contest and dramatizations. Students who meet the 100-Mile Challenge (by traveling at least 100 miles in a safety belt or bicycle helmet during the tree weeks) receive awards. Also rewarded are student winners of the various contest and those with the highest level of consistent participation.
The 100 Mile Challenge is presented to all fifth grade students in Lander, Riverton, Dubois, Shoshoni, Wind River and the Reservation schools reaching 330 students in 16 separate classrooms. Parents and family members of the 330 students and the 16 teachers also participate and therefore benefit directly from the program.
Here are the results for the 100 Mile Challenge 2009/2010
Each class had 3 winners, 1 for best poem/song, 1 for best poster and 1 for overall winner. A total of 31 helmets were given out as prizes along with 2 bikes and 7 I-pods.
Arapahoe Elementary had 26 students; total miles traveled safely, 1,488. 30% of class participated.
St Stephens Elementary had 21 students; total miles traveled safely, 3,001. 71% of class participated.
North Elementary had 36 students; total miles traveled safely, 5,639. 44% of class participated.
South Elementary had 43 students; total miles traveled safely, 10,120. 65% of class participated.
Wyoming Indian Elementary had 31 students; total miles traveled safely, 4,417. 42% of class participated.
Shoshoni Elementary had 24 students; total miles traveled safely, 1,489. 65% of class participated.
Wind River Elementary had 31 students; total miles traveled safely 9,476. 61% of class participated.
Dubois Elementary had 14 students; total miles traveled safely 7,039. 100% of class participated.
Arapahoe Elementary School |
Dubois Elementary School |
Ft. Washakie Elementary School
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Wyoming Indian Elementary School |
South Elementary School |
Shoshoni Elementary School |
