Grant gives Glendale Middle School students new bikes to ride during P.E. classes

Lucas Tucker, a physical education teacher at Glendale Middle School, chats with his English Language Development students at the school in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020. Tucker applied for and was awarded Outride’s Riding for Focus grant, and the school received 51 brand-new bicycles and helmets for students to use during P.E. English Language Development students at the school are attending classes in person.

English Language Development students at Glendale Middle School ride new Specialized bicycles during their physical education at the school in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020. The school is the recipient of Outride’s Riding for Focus grant and received 51 brand-new bicycles and helmets for students to use during P.E. English Language Development students at the school are attending classes in person.

Cassie Bell, a counselor at Glendale Middle School, builds a bicycle at the Specialized Bicycle Components warehouse in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020. Glendale Middle School was selected as a recipient of Outride’s Riding for Focus grant. The program will provide enough brand new bikes, helmets and tools for students to use during P.E. at Glendale.

Andrew Love of Specialized Bicycle Components, left, and Lucas Tucker, a physical education teacher at Glendale Middle School, unload new bicycles at the Specialized warehouse in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020. Glendale Middle School was selected as a recipient of Outride’s Riding for Focus grant. The program will provide enough brand new bikes, helmets and tools for students to use during P.E. at at the middle school.

Lucas Tucker, a physical education teacher at Glendale Middle School, center, builds a bicycle at the Specialized Bicycle Components warehouse in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020. Glendale Middle School was selected as a recipient of Outride’s Riding for Focus grant. The program will provide enough brand new bikes, helmets and tools for students to use during P.E. at the middle school.

Lucas Tucker, a physical education teacher at Glendale Middle School, builds a bicycle at the Specialized Bicycle Components warehouse in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020. Glendale Middle School was selected as a recipient of Outride’s Riding for Focus grant. The program will provide enough brand new bikes, helmets and tools for students to use during P.E. at the middle school.

Glendale Middle School employees and Specialized Bicycle Components mechanics build bicycles at the Specialized warehouse in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Sept. 16 2020. Glendale Middle School was selected as a recipient of Outride’s Riding for Focus grant. The program will provide enough brand new bikes, helmets and tools for students to use during P.E. at the middle school.