A warm and sunny fall morning provided the perfect opportunity for students to walk or bike to school on Oct. 3. Newbridge Road Elementary School participated in National Walk to School Day, a nearly three-decade old initiative that encourages safe and active travel for children.

Newbridge Road partnered with the PTA for 29th annual Walk to School Day. The PTA provided all students with a scavenger hunt of items to look for with their families on the walk to school that morning, such as the American flag, bird, fire hydrants, squirrels and stop signs.

Parents and children arrived in droves, taking advantage of gorgeous weather for some quality family time on the walk to school. Many older students cruised in on their favorite form of transportation as the bicycle racks were filled up by the start of school.

As they arrived, the walkers and bikers were greeted by Newbridge Road’s mascot, Thunder the Tiger. Students were then given sidewalk chalk and encouraged to write their name, scroll a positive message or draw a happy picture.

Click here to view the Newbridge Families Stride Together on Walk to School day slideshow.

To support kids both locally and globally who have battled cancer, students and staff in the North Bellmore School District participated in Go Gold Day for Childhood Cancer Awareness Month on Sept. 26. It has been an annual tradition on the last Friday of September for more than a decade.  

At Newbridge Road Elementary School, the participation was very high, with students donning yellow and gold T-shirts, shorts, pants, shoelaces and hair accessories. Principal Amanda Licci said that although it is only one day a year, they intentionally wear gold, the mission is to spread awareness all the time in support of youngsters battling a terrible illness.  

The PTA Coordinating Council provide keychains for students and staff with messages like “Believe” and “No one fights alone,” along with symbols such as gold ribbons, hearts and wings. 

“For some of us, it hits close to home,” she said, as several children in the district have battled cancer in recent years. “Wearing gold is just a symbol that we’re all thinking of one another and all in this fight against childhood cancer together.”

Click here to view the Students Have Golden Hearts for Childhood Cancer Awareness 25-26 slideshow.

Date Added: 9/29/2025