Dirt bikes are a way to grow at Crossroads

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Dirt bikes are a way to grow at Crossroads

Dirt bikes are a way to grow at Crossroads

Instructor April Zoby (left) and Korey Hammock watch other members of their team.

Camilo Gomez runs his dirt bike through the Honda off road track.

Of the six who completed the course, four will leave Crossroads after the winter break and then re-enroll in their neighborhood public school. Jonatan Lucca rides a rocky down hill section of the Honda off road track.

Alpharetta Police Athletic League coordinator Jim Little (far right) talks his students through a new challenge. For ten weeks, a group of students, from the Crossroads Second Chance North school, have gone to a dirt bike track and learned to ride Hondas.

Tthe six students who graduated from the program rode at the dirt tracks one last time and were awarded personalized dirt bike jerseys and certificates.

Students ride through the Honda off road track. Last week, six of the 12 students completed the dirt bike course.

The students must do what's right on a weekly basis to retain the privilege of riding dirt bikes.

Instructor April Zoby (front) leads students through the off road track. The Crossroads school, in Roswell, is for students who got kicked out of their regular schools, most for some type of discipline problem.

Sara Choy listens to instructions. Three months ago, the principal at Crossroads said yes to an innovative program, teaching kids to ride dirt bikes.

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Instructor April Zoby (left) and Korey Hammock watch other members of their team.

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