Students Must Wear Helmets When Riding Bikes, Skateboards, or Scooters to School

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.

Beagle Bolt

Dear McMillin Parents,

Our Beagle Bolt Jog-a-Thon Fundraiser began last Thursday.  We are hoping this will be our main school-wide fundraiser that we will have in order to pay for grade level field trips, assemblies, classroom supplies, books, computer programs, and so much more.

Please log on to pledgestar.com/mcmillin to set up your child’s own fundraising program.  This is a flat donation event (not a per lap event). Cash and check donations are also accepted.  The last day of this fundraiser is Friday, September 9th.  Come on out and cheer our students as they participate in the Jog-a-Thon on that day.

Questions?

Contact Nora Martinez (nora.martinez@cvesd.org).

Thank you for always supporting our students!