Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day - STEM Early High School

On Friday, November 13, STEM Early High School’s eighth-grade students will participate in Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day! This event encourages safe walking and biking while honoring Ruby Bridges’ bravery and inspiring students to practice kindness, embrace inclusion, and show courage in their own lives.

 

Friday, November 13, 2026
1–3 p.m.
Walk from STEM Early High School to Perry Memorial Library

This program is for participating STEM Early High School eighth-grade students.

 

Students will gather in the library’s Farm Bureau Room for a special program with returning guest speakers, who will share personal experiences of life in Henderson during the era of Ruby Bridges’ school integration. Students will have an opportunity to ask questions and reflect on courage, inclusion, and community.

 

Each participating student will receive a Ruby Bridges–themed drawstring bag, a flag pennant, and walking and biking safety goodies!

 

The event will conclude with a raffle! One lucky student will receive a reflective backpack to help increase their visibility to drivers while walking or biking to and from school.

The return walk to school is planned to begin at 2:30 p.m.

 

For questions or concerns about the event, please contact Ashley Zuniga, Safe Routes to School Regional Program Coordinator at Kerr-Tar Regional Council of Governments, at azuniga@kerrtarcog.org or (252)-436-2040, ext. 2009.

 

Presented in partnership by Kerr-Tar Regional Council of Governments’ Safe Routes to School Program and Perry Memorial Library.