Nearly 40 schools in Alabama will join schools from around the world to celebrate International Walk to School Day on Wednesday, Oct. 5.

Keeping with this year’s theme, Hike it, Bike it, I like it!, students from around the state will walk and bike to school as part of Alabama’s Safe Routes to School program Walk to School Day on the 5th, and Walk to School Month the month of October.
 
Kids in Grades K-8, parents, teachers and community leaders will walk and bike to and from school to promote pedestrian and bicycle safety and the health benefits of exercising. Statewide participation at individual schools will occur from 7-9 a.m., October 5 and throughout the month. Events include organized walks, Walking School Buses, special bike rides, interactive simulated computer games, parades and other local projects.

Budget cuts often have schools calling on teachers and parents to help out.

One way to help is through fundraisers, where kids sell anything from chocolate to gift wrapping paper.

Some Huntsville parents, though, have a big problem with that.

Mountain Gap Elementary school parent Rhonda Brewster said it's just too much, especially because the goal for each child is to sell more than one hundred dollars worth of items or else they can't participate in a mega party that will be held at school afterwards.

"I can understand that at the beginning of the year you get desperate looking at all these needs that the teachers have, and you want to fill them.

I visited Sparkman High School's Varsity Dance Team this week and talked to Coach Toney and one of the dance captain's, Allysa King, about the upcoming dance clinic.

The dance clinic is at the Sparkman High gymnasium on Saturday, August 27 from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. for K-12 grade and area dance squads. The cost is $35 per participant, and the money goes to the team as a fund raiser for costumes, travel, etc.

They plan to teach basic dance technique, and groups will be separated by age and experience.

Be sure to watch the clip of them dancing.