Spaces Still Available in York County’s Safety Town Program for Pre-Kindergartners
Spaces Still Available in York County’s Safety Town Program for Pre-Kindergartners
June 10, 2016
Spaces are still available in York County’s award-winning “Safety Town” program, which teaches pre-kindergartners various aspects of life safety. The weeks of July 11-15 and July 18-22are filled; however, spaces remain for the July 25-29 session at Mt. Vernon Elementary School and the August 1-5 session at Queens Lake Middle school.
You can register your rising kindergartner in the Community Services office located at 224 Ballard Street in historic Yorktown from 8:15 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. Registration is accepted by York County residents and Non-County residents. Registration forms and fees will only be accepted by hand-delivery to the address listed above. The cost of the program is $25.00 per child for County residents and $35.00 per child for non-County residents. The fee must be paid by cash, check, or money order – no credit or debit cards can be accepted.
Now in its twenty-second year of operation, this summer program seeks to reduce childhood injury by introducing children entering Kindergarten in the fall to basic safety concepts through the use of interactive experiences. Set up to resemble a small-scale “town” with buildings, sidewalks, roads, and street signs, the appealing “Safety Town” learning environment is used as a practice area for several of the safety lessons. Each session lasts one week, running Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. All lessons and activities relate to a specific topic each day, such as Traffic and Pedestrian Safety, Fire Safety, Home Safety, and Personal Safety. Parents will accompany their children to “Safety Town” on Friday, attending a Safety Fair and Completion Ceremony, at which each child will receive a certificate, a “Safety Town” t-shirt, backpack, and a bicycle helmet. Funding for “Safety Town” is provided by the generous contributions and sponsorship of area businesses, community agencies, civic organizations, County government, and individual citizens.
The schedule for the 2016 “Safety Town” is as follows:
Date
July 11 – July 15 Mt. Vernon Elementary School (FILLED)
July 18 – July 22 Mt. Vernon Elementary School (FILLED)
July 25 – July 29 Mt. Vernon Elementary School
August 1 – August 5 Queens Lake Middle School
Registration forms and information are available at all York County Elementary Schools, the York County Public Library, Parks, Recreation & Tourism, the Griffin-Yeates Center, and online at www.yorkcounty.gov/
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