Safety School Class of 2012 Graduates!
About 65 soon-to-be kindergarteners honed safety skills at week-long school run by Kent Junior Mothers.
Numerous graduation exercises are staged each year in Kent, but none are quite as adorable as the ceremony that marks the end of Kent Junior Mothers’ Safety School. Commencement was held Friday at Walls Elementary School for about 65 soon-to-be-kindergarteners who spent the week learning vital safety skills regarding stranger awareness, guns, bicycles, buses, cars, water, weather, railroads, fire, playgrounds and more. The youngsters sported T-shirts in colors representing the elementary schools they will attend this fall: green for Davey, orange for Longcoy, red for Franklin, blue for Walls and Holden and yellow for St. Patrick's School/CDC. Kent Police officers and Kent Fire paramedics/firefighters were among the guest speakers to share …
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Laurel Myers Hurst
9:47 am on Monday, July 23, 2012
This article represents weeks of hard work by dozens of already-busy families! Thank you. If it saves just one injury or one life, it will be worth it. Plus, the getting-to-know-you time before the first day of school calms nerves and encourages friendship. Well done KJM and their volunteers! more ›