National bike program comes to Wahiawa school

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School Principal Leighton Nakamoto, second from left in the back row, faculty and students give shakas to thank the engineering firm HDR and the nonprofit All Kids Bike. HDR representatives are also in the picture.

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School Principal Leighton Nakamoto, second from left in the back row, faculty and students give shakas to thank the engineering firm HDR and the nonprofit All Kids Bike. HDR representatives are also in the picture.

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Ka’ala kindergarteners riding in cafeteria.

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All Kids Bike, a national nonprofit that teaches kindergarten students how to ride bikes, shared its Kindergarten Learn- to-Ride PE Program on Thursday at Ka‘ala Elementary School, thanks to a donation from engineering firm HDR. Alexi Joaquin, center, of HDR, helped students with the new bikes.

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Kindergarteners at Ka‘ala Elementary School in Wahiawa got to ride 24 new bikes Thursday in a national learn-to-ride program, thanks to a donation from the engineering firm HDR.

The 24 Strider Balance Bikes were presented to the class Thursday morning by company representatives providing a $360,000 grant to the All Kids Bike nonprofit. The funds also covered Learn-to-Ride curriculum, teacher training, balance-to-pedal conversion kits, helmets, a teacher instruction bike and rolling storage racks.

Since 2018, All Kids Bike’s mission is to give every school child in America the opportunity to learn how to ride a bike in physical education class. Its Kindergarten Learn-to-Ride PE Program is active in over 1,000 schools across the country.

With its focus on education, healthy communities and environmental stewardship, HDR’s support of the All Kids Bike Program totals over $500,000.