Thursday, October 6 was "Walk to School Day" in Manhattan Beach.  Pennekamp students spoke at City Hall about this wonderful event and Mayor Joyce Fahey and the City Council issued a proclamation declaring Thursday, October 6 Walk to School day in Manhattan Beach in conjunction with International Walk to School Week which ran from October 3 - 7, 2005.

37 countries around the world participated in this event and here in Manhattan Beach, 80% of students at the five MBUSD elementary schools walked to school.

Thank you to Becky Allen and Kim Wilson for coordinating Pennekamp's participation!   

Our Pennekamp students were invited to submit photos of what they saw while walking to school and this page is a result of their efforts (with the exception of the photos at City Hall).

All photos that you see here were taken by students Emma Hatton (K), Taylin Kamimoto (4), David Ryono (4) & Elle Ryono (2) on their way to Pennekamp that morning.  Thank you to our student photographers--you did a wonderful job!

The best part about walking to Pennekamp...

... is that you will always run into a friend on the way there! Everyone (including family pets) had a great time taking part in "Walk to School" Day!

We saw so many interesting things

on our way to school.

We are truly lucky

to live in such a beautiful neighborhood!

It was instrumental music day, so thanks to all the moms and dads who helped lug instruments and music stands

to Pennekamp.

Mr. Keldrauk walked several miles from his home

and enjoyed meeting up with families on the playground.  It was a beautiful day to walk to school!

And we'll leave you with a reminder that you should be sure take time to stop and smell the flowers (like our student  photographers did)!