To get ready, check out Walk to School on The Woodlands Township website including:

• Detailed maps to explore route options for walking or biking within your school zone, including where crossing guards are posted.

• Walk and Bike Tips to encourage safe habits.

• Parent survey to facilitate walk groups from neighborhoods feeding each K-4, K-6 and 5-6 campus.

• Public forum information regarding Safe Routes to School, which will be held Thursday, September 22, 2011, at The Woodlands High School.

International Walk to School activities coordinated by The Woodlands Township in partnership with local schools will occur between Tuesday, October 4, 2011, and Friday, October 21, 2011.

Eleven Woodlands schools have signed up to host Walk to School days:
• Tuesday, October 4, 2011: Galatas Elementary
• Wednesday, October 5, 2011: Deretchin K-6
• Thursday, October 6, 2011: Ride Elementary, Glen Loch Elementary
• Friday, October 7, 2011: Bush Elementary, Buckalew Elementary, Lamar Elementary
• Thursday, October 13, 2011: Powell Elementary, Hailey Elementary
• Friday, October 14, 2011: Tough K-6
• Friday, October 21, 2011: Creekside Forest Elementary

For more information about Walk to School, please contact The Woodlands Township at 281-210-3900. For more information on The Woodlands Township government, please call 281-210-3800 or visit www.thewoodlandstownship-tx.gov.

The IB Diploma program is a two-year curriculum, offered to students between the ages of 16 and 19, which has the recognition and respect of leading local and world universities. Universities consider IB students to be the most prepared to handle and succeed in higher education due to both enhanced creative and critical thinking skills that are developed by the program. The IB Diploma also challenges students to further develop their capacity to question, research, problem solve, communicate and collaborate at a collegiate level.

As the only school in The Woodlands and surrounding area to offer the IB Diploma, this is also a coup for the local community. Within weeks of its announcement, Cunae has already begun to attract the interest from families from abroad who are familiar with the program and who seek a high standard of education for their children. This demand will also be heightened by global companies moving to the area.

The program, although rigorous, is open to any student who is motivated and willing to challenge themselves. In order for students to be fully prepared to undertake this program, they are encouraged to enroll at the onset of year 7. For more information about the IB Diploma program, visit www.doortomyschool.com.

Visit Michele Flory at www.MicheleFlory.com for more information on The Woodlands community schools.