BOWDEN — As part of the Randolph County Outdoor Education program, close to 300 fourth-grade students took part in an array of biking activities this past week at the Stuart Recreation Area. It was the fourth consecutive year that Randolph County Outdoors, which is in collaboration with the Randolph County Board of Education, provided summertime activities for Randolph County students. Throughout the school year, the program takes students on day-long trips to the outdoors, and fall dates have already been scheduled for third-grade students in Randolph County to learn about archery at the Mountaineer Chapter of Izaak Walton in October.
The biking days took place over a span of three days and provided students with an opportunity to improve their biking skills or learn new ones. Local volunteers and a host of organizations from within Randolph County assisted with the activities, including Wonder & Grow, a nonprofit that coordinates the Randolph County Outdoor Education programs. “This week was great.
We had terrific weather and being at Stuart’s Park is always a wonderful experience, because it’s always a beautiful place to be,” said Wonder & Grow co-founder Kate Reed. “We had almost 300 kids this week from all of the elementary schools in the county except for Pickens. We had around 70 volunteers helping with activities, and the organizations we had involved were just amazing.
” Other than taking part in biking activities, students attending were also treated to.