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Students can learn how to navigate the city’s bus system at IndyGo’s Back-to-School Night.

The event is 6-8 p.m. July 24 at the Julia M. Carson Transit Center, 201 E. Washington St. 

Students will receive a free backpack and their own reduced-fare MyKey card that will allow them to ride the bus at IndyGo’s half-fare rate. The event will also feature free food and a DJ. 

Students enrolled in an IndyGo partner school or program can ride the bus for free with their MyKey card. Those schools and programs include: 

• Indianapolis Metropolitan High School
• Purdue Polytechnic high schools
  • Broad Ripple
  • Englewood
• Indianapolis Public Schools and programs
  • Arsenal Tech
  • Crispus Attucks
  • George Washington
  • Shortridge
  • KIPP Indy
  • Simon Youth Academy
  • Unified Student Supports team
  • Positive Supports Academy
• Herron high schools
  • Herron High School
  • Herron-Riverside High School

For more information, visit the IndyGo website.

Mirror Indy, a nonprofit newsroom, is funded through grants and donations from individuals, foundations and organizations. 

Mirror Indy reporter Darian Benson covers east Indianapolis. Contact her at 317-397-7262 or darian.benson@mirrorindy.org. Follow her on X @HelloImDarian or on Bluesky @darianbenson.bsky.social.

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Students can learn to ride the bus at IndyGo’s back-to-school event

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July 22, 2025

<h1>Students can learn to ride the bus at IndyGo’s back-to-school event</h1> <p class="byline">by Darian Benson, Mirror Indy <br />July 22, 2025</p> <p>Students can learn how to navigate the city’s bus system at <a href="https://www.indygo.net/indygo-to-host-3rd-annual-back-to-school-night/?fbclid=IwY2xjawLmMZZleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETF0b2FKNndtakZmd1p6NjRVAR465GMVig7BfRPhWFOBDWNJWcmGk2HpzvfQxNvEZVH00vIzgZeLuonQD0nXRQ_aem_dpptUAU2HOk6TCoT9fiGKg" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">IndyGo’s Back-to-School Night</a>.</p> <p>The event is 6-8 p.m. July 24 at the Julia M. Carson Transit Center, 201 E. Washington St.&nbsp;</p> <p>Students will receive a free backpack and their own reduced-fare <a href="https://buy.indygo.net/mykey-fare-card/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">MyKey card</a> that will allow them to ride the bus at IndyGo’s half-fare rate. The event will also feature free food and a DJ. </p> <p>Students enrolled in an IndyGo partner school or program can ride the bus for free with their MyKey card. Those schools and programs include:&nbsp;</p> <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li>Indianapolis Metropolitan High School</li> <li>Purdue Polytechnic high schools <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li>Broad Ripple</li> <li>Englewood</li> </ul> </li> <li>Indianapolis Public Schools and programs <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li>Arsenal Tech</li> <li>Crispus Attucks</li> <li>George Washington</li> <li>Shortridge</li> <li>KIPP Indy</li> <li>Simon Youth Academy</li> <li>Unified Student Supports team</li> <li>Positive Supports Academy</li> </ul> </li> <li>Herron high schools <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li>Herron High School</li> <li>Herron-Riverside High School</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p>For more information, visit the <a href="https://www.indygo.net/indygo-to-host-3rd-annual-back-to-school-night/?fbclid=IwY2xjawLmMZZleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETF0b2FKNndtakZmd1p6NjRVAR465GMVig7BfRPhWFOBDWNJWcmGk2HpzvfQxNvEZVH00vIzgZeLuonQD0nXRQ_aem_dpptUAU2HOk6TCoT9fiGKg" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">IndyGo website</a>.</p> <p><em>Mirror Indy, a nonprofit newsroom, is </em><a href="https://mirrorindy.org/donors/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><em>funded through grants and donations</em></a><em> from individuals, foundations and organizations. </em></p> <p><em>Mirror Indy reporter Darian Benson covers east Indianapolis. Contact her at 317-397-7262 or darian.benson@mirrorindy.org. Follow her on X </em><a href="https://twitter.com/HelloImDarian" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><em>@HelloImDarian</em></a><em> or on Bluesky </em><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/darianbenson.bsky.social" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><em>@darianbenson.bsky.social</em></a><em>.</em></p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://mirrorindy.org/indygo-back-to-school-night-indianapolis-students-free-backpack-summer-2025/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://mirrorindy.org&quot;&gt;Mirror Indy&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/cropped-Mirror-Indy-square-logo-1.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://mirrorindy.org/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=57341&amp;amp;ga4=G-X0R0QW371R&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://mirrorindy.org/indygo-back-to-school-night-indianapolis-students-free-backpack-summer-2025/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/mirrorindy.org/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</p> Copy to Clipboard

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