DAILY LEADER / KATIE WILLIAMSON / Brookhaven Elementary School students participate in International Walk to School Day Wednesday to promote health, safety and the environment. Parents, teachers, government officials, the fire department and police department accompanied students. The group began their commute at 7:25 a.m. in the Fred’s parking lot on Whitworth Avenue. BES Principal Shelley Riley leads the pack down Chippewa Street.

Annie Leigh Hayes and Maggie Sheppard race to the door of BES

Zoe Robertson strolls to class with her backpack.