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Please NOTE: The times listed in paragraph #3 have been corrected.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. 07/21/2010
What is Safety Town?
Safety Town is a realistic, child-sized town designed to provide a complete hands-on safety education for children entering kindergarten in the fall. Safety Town consists of a child sized town which has working traffic signals, miniature buildings, cross walks, complete with personal traffic provided by the children on tractors. We at Safety Town wish to give the children a hands-on experience to take with them.
Safety Town is a one-week course that focuses on teaching children safe practices both at school and at home. The children are instructed on when, where, and how to cross the street. They are taught bike safety, pedestrian safety, school bus safety, fire safety, seat belt safety, 911 emergency calls, stranger danger and what to do if they find a gun. This program is also geared towards getting children to be comfortable around Law Enforcement and many other important agencies and what the many different uniforms and cars look like.The program runs Monday through Thursday, 9:00am to 11:30am. Classes start at 9:30am, but parents are asked to have their little ones there by 9:00am for role call and other special events prior to class starting. An early bird breakfast is available Monday through Thursday. Parents must have their child in the Cafeteria between the hours of 8:30am and 9:00am if they want breakfast. A special graduation ceremony is held on Friday morning starting at 9:00am, with guest speakers attending. Safety Town is held at Northwood Junior High School, 700 Gulf Road, Elyria, Ohio.
Registration cards are available at the school where your child will attend kindergarten. They are also available at the Elyria Police Department or you can register over the phone by calling Mrs. Gibbs at 326-1332.
Safety Town is FREE to all citizens of Elyria and surrounding areas through the cooperation of the Elyria Police Department, the Elyria Kiwanis Club, and other generous donors. The class are filled on a first come, first serve basis. Parents are welcome to stay during the classes. Safety Town would like to pay thanks to all the supporters and sponsors of Safety Town. Thanks to these businesses, public and private agencies civic organizations for helping make Safety Town the "Safest Place In Town!" |
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| Goals for Safety Town? |
| Our goal here at Safety Town, is to ensure the safety of our children. The volunteers at Safety Town dedicate their time to teaching the children proper street safety. These are some eye opening statistics on road safety. |
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| 2010 Safety Town Schedule | |
Safety Town consists of several one-week sessions:
Monday through Thursday 9:00am to 11:30am Special graduation ceremony on Friday at 9:00am Parents are asked to have their little ones there by 9:00am for role call and other special events prior to class starting. A light breakfast will be provided in the cafeteria from 08:30-09:00. Breakfast is provided by Lorain National Bank by way of School board member, Evelyn France. Safety Town is open for children entering Kindergarten. For all other inquiries please contact, Officer Wandra A. Ward, Safety Town Director, at 440-326-1226 |
| Safety Town Announcements |
2010 is the 52nd year of Safety Town!!! 2009 Graduating Class---356 Students 2008 Graduating Class---315 Students 2007 Graduating Class---406 Students 2006 Graduating Class---450 Students 2005 Graduating Class---400 Students 2004 Graduating Class---355 Students 2003 Graduating Class---392 Students 2002 Graduating Class---407 Students 2001 Graduating Class---455 Students |
Children suffer a higher risk of disability or death through preventable injury than all childhood diseases combined.