Container Top
Homes   Jobs   Cars   Shopping
Search

Events Calendar

EVENT SEARCH:

In This Section


Most Read Stories


Blogs:


Pets:
Cat-loving chihuahua suckles seven abandoned kittens

The Heldenfiles:
Friday Night Notebook

Patrick McManamon:
Browns vs. Lions live …

Akron Zips:
Akron trounces Howard to reach .500

Tribe Matters:
Seven players added to Tribe’s 40-man roster

Cleveland Browns:
Robiskie, Harrison inactive

Kent State Sports:
Kent State blown out in second half, loses to Temple 47-13

Cleveland Cavaliers:
Gameblog: Cavs vs. Philadelphia 76ers

Buckeye Blogging:
OSU – Michigan college football rivals meet in Baghdad

Varsity Letters:
Four area football teams play tonight

All Da King's Men:
The Sunday Sanity Challenge

Blog of Mass Destruction:
Will Health Care Reform Pass?

Akron Law Café:
Health Care Financing Reform: (69) The Brookings Institute Study on "Bending the Curve" – Four General Strategies

See Jane Style:
Vintage Chic

Car Chase:
TIME TO GET YOUR COLLECTOR CARS WINTERIZED

Let's Talk Real Estate:
Silverdome Potentially SOLD!

Ohio Travels with Betty:
George is looking for a Thanksgiving buffet in Akron.

Sound Check:
Steely Dan Plays "The Royal Scam" at E.J. Thomas Hall

HRLite House:
A Random Rant on Testing

Akron Gamer:
Nintendo's Mario endures even as games come and go

Crossing the Boulevard Crosswalk Safety Program

Innes Sixth Grade Academy, Akron Public Schools

UPublish story by chuck44333

Akron, Ohio - On Monday, March 31, 2008, Innes Sixth Grade Academy will be kicking off “Crosswalk Safety Week.” Sixth grade students will be presented with information and education about crosswalk safety. Physical Education teacher Chuck Morrison will introduce results from student focus groups regarding the safety and behavior of students that walk home from school and address students' safety concerns.
In the fall of 2007, sixth grade students were observed running across Kenmore Boulevard, a 4-lane road, outside the designated crosswalk areas and against crossing lights. Staff and student concerns lead to student focus groups that provided their safety concerns, what causes the dangerous behavior choice, and possible solutions to the problem. Students reported education, policy, and environmental changes that may help to students demonstrate appropriate crosswalk behavior and improve conditions to ensure safe crossing.
Safe Kids Coalition has provided information and posters to be used in this program. Students also created their own posters to be displayed during “Crosswalk Safety Week.” Physical education teacher Chuck Morrison will kick off the program Monday, March 31, 2008 during student lunch periods. Monday thru Wednesday, Mr. Morrison will share the observations of dangerous street crossing, information found in student focus groups, school policy changes, environmental changes, educational sessions and guest speakers to take place throughout the week. A representative from the Akron Police Department Community Relations will speak on Thursday, April 3, 2008 about the legality of using crosswalks, strategies to cross, and issues related to stranger danger.
With school policy changes, education and information sessions, guest speakers, teacher, peer and parental encouragement, and media publicity, we hope to increase the need for appropriate crosswalk behavior. We also hope to increase community awareness to watch for pedestrians and slow down during the restricted school hours to prevent pedestrian related injuries.

Akron, Ohio - On Monday, March 31, 2008, Innes Sixth Grade Academy will be kicking off “Crosswalk Safety Week.” Sixth grade students will be presented with information and education about crosswalk safety. Physical Education teacher Chuck Morrison will introduce results from student focus groups regarding the safety and behavior of students that walk home from school and address students' safety concerns.
In the fall of 2007, sixth grade students were observed running across Kenmore Boulevard, a 4-lane road, outside the designated crosswalk areas and against crossing lights. Staff and student concerns lead to student focus groups that provided their safety concerns, what causes the dangerous behavior choice, and possible solutions to the problem. Students reported education, policy, and environmental changes that may help to students demonstrate appropriate crosswalk behavior and improve conditions to ensure safe crossing.
Safe Kids Coalition has provided information and posters to be used in this program. Students also created their own posters to be displayed during “Crosswalk Safety Week.” Physical education teacher Chuck Morrison will kick off the program Monday, March 31, 2008 during student lunch periods. Monday thru Wednesday, Mr. Morrison will share the observations of dangerous street crossing, information found in student focus groups, school policy changes, environmental changes, educational sessions and guest speakers to take place throughout the week. A representative from the Akron Police Department Community Relations will speak on Thursday, April 3, 2008 about the legality of using crosswalks, strategies to cross, and issues related to stranger danger.
With school policy changes, education and information sessions, guest speakers, teacher, peer and parental encouragement, and media publicity, we hope to increase the need for appropriate crosswalk behavior. We also hope to increase community awareness to watch for pedestrians and slow down during the restricted school hours to prevent pedestrian related injuries.



TO READERS: This story was provided by an individual or organization for use on the Ohio.com community site, http://www.ohio.com/upublish. We do not endorse and cannot guarantee the accuracy of this posting, though we do reject announcements with inappropriate content. You can read our full user agreement here.


Story tools

Email  Email   Print  Print   Save  Save   Reprint  Reprint   Popular  Most Popular   Reprint  Subscribe

Share this story

AddThis Social Bookmark Button
















Most Commented Stories