EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A total of 100 students from the Las Cruces Public Schools (LCPS) will receive bicycles as an early Christmas gift this year.
The bikes were gifted through the LCPS’s “Safe Routes to School” program and collected on behalf of Southwest Disposal.
According to LCPS, Southwest Disposal uses the funds to purchase bikes for students in need.
Students from various LCPS elementary schools receive their early Christmas gifts. Photos courtesy to LCPS.
Students from Highland Elementary, Central Elementary, Jordan Elementary, Monte Vista Elementary, Fairacres Elementary, and Conlee Elementary schools will be receiving the bikes.
Ashleigh Curry with the LCPS Safe Routes to School program, gives students the “ABCs of bicycle safety” before handing them their early Christmas gift.
“‘A’ is for air in the tires, ‘B’ reminds students to check their brakes, and ‘C’ stands for chain, and making sure it is properly secured before riding,” Curry said.
“One last reminder,” Curry said. “Don’t forget ‘D’, which stands for dangly things! You can’t let lanyards, shoelaces, or other things dangle into the chain and get caught.”
After teaching students rules of the road and bike safety, they are also provided helmets and are allowed to take a practice ride around the cafeteria, according to LCPS.
“Those smiles say it all,” Highland Elementary Principal Esteban Alvarez said. “They’re having fun, but the knowledge they’re getting is powerful.”
At Highland, Curry and representatives from Southwest Disposal had already given away bikes at Central Elementary. The rest of the week, they are scheduled to visit the rest, according to LCPS.
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