If you child rides a bike, scooter, or skateboard to school they must wear a helmet. California law requires that anyone under the age of 18 must wear a helmet when riding on a street, bikeway or public bicycle path or trail. We have noticed that very few students are wearing helmets as they ride up to school.
Bicycle helmets are not an option when it comes to keeping your children safe. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that in 2010, 800 bicyclists were killed and 515,000 bicycle-related injuries required emergency-room care. Of those, 26,000 of were some type of traumatic brain injury that might have been prevented by wearing a helmet.
Please help us in keeping your children safe by requiring that they wear helmets to school if they choose to ride a bike, scooter, or skateboard.