FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
CONTACT:
Andrew Bossenmeyer
Vantage Strategic Marketing
714-372-2260
PRESS RELEASE
URBANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RECEIVES RECOGNITION FROM
PEACEFUL PLAYGROUNDS FOR “SAFE PLAY” VIDEO
FREDERICK, MARYLAND (January 20, 2009) – Fifth Grade Computer Club members at Urbana Elementary School recently were rewarded for creating a playground safety video. PEACEFUL PLAYGROUNDS, a company devoted to reducing conflicts on the school yard, have posted the video on their website and provided a free Program Kit and site license the school.
“The children created the video to spread the word about Safe Play,” said Andrea Bossenmeyer, Sales and Marketing Director for Peaceful Playgrounds. “They initiated the project themselves and are being rewarded for campaigning for the cause of safer playgrounds.”
The two-minute video was filmed and put together by fifth grade students Leah Borgsmiller and Thaina Santos as part of their computer club activities. Nikki Cicerone, teacher and technology coordinator at Urbana Elementary School said, “The students were elated that their creativity has yielded such positive results for the school.”
The playground is an essential part of any school and every community. Children spend many hours of their day occupying themselves with what the playground has to offer. With Peaceful Playgrounds Program Kit, plain blacktops can be transformed into a colorful arrangement of games that kids love to play. These well marked activities provide increased motivation for children to enter into an activity and become engaged in purposeful play, thus cutting down on playground confrontations. Peaceful Playgrounds activities include: hopscotch, four square, basketball, and handball as part of nearly 100 activities available.
“Our plan is to integrate Peaceful Playgrounds with our Physical Education program and enlist our PTA to help implement the painting and working on the blueprint of activities,” Cicerone said.
To view the video in its entirety and for additional information on PEACEFUL PLAYGROUNDS, visit www.peacefulplaygrounds.com.
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