Things to Know About LMT Safety Town

LMT SAFETY TOWN THINGS TO KNOW

Our 2010 LMT Safety Town program will be held at

Wescosville Elementary School from 9:00 am -12:00 pm

on the following dates:

Session 1 July 12th-16th

Session 2 July 19th-23rd

Session 3 July 26th-30th

Registration of LMT Safety Town 2010 will begin April 1, 2010. Please watch for updates in March 2010.

***Please note that this is a pre-school program. In

order to participate in our program, your child must be at least 4 years old by January 1, 2010, and must

not have attended kindergarten.

Please note: One the first day of each session our doors will open at 8:45 for First Day Registration. On all other days children will not be accepted before 8:55 am, nor actively supervised after 12:05 pm.

Our Safety Town program will teach your child valuable safetylessons about fire prevention, stranger danger, bicycles (a properly fitted helmet is required daily), school bus safety, and more. In addition, children may get occasional supervised playtime on the school playground in an effort to reinforce playground safety.

To ensure a safe and enjoyable Safety Town experience for you and your child, please keep the following in mind:

BEFORE LMT SAFETY TOWN BEGIN

The best source of information about LMT Safety Town is this new and improved website www.lmtsafetytown.com.

Make sure your child’s bike helmet is properly fitted.

Label all items that will be brought to Safety Town with your child’s name.

Please check out our Policies page to find out about our illness, medication, and behavior policies.

FIRST DAY

CHANGE AS OF JUNE 30th: Due to circumstances beyond our control at the building, we will be unable to utilize the front doors for daily drop off and pick up at LMT Safety Town. For all sessions please use the SIDE DOORS of Wescosville Elementary every day to drop off and pick up your child. After you enter the driveway make your first right and park in that parking lot. The farthest parking lot on the side of the building will be blocked off for pedestrian traffic. Walk through this closed off parking lot and follow the walk way to side doors. There will be signs to guide you.

Please wait outside the side doors until the start of the day These doors will be open at 8:45 am on the first day of every session, and 8:55 am every other day of your child's session.

There will be lists in alphabetical order on the outside doors to let you know what class room your child is in, and what line you should be in to sign your child in the first day. Sign-in on the first day will be at the tables in front of your child’s class room (all other days at the classroom door).

At sign in on the first day you will receive an LMT Safety Town shirt, an LMT Safety Town water bottle, and a calendar for the week.

Your child will receive one LMT Safety Town t-shirt on the first day of the program (unless an additional shirt was preordered with registration form). LMT Safety Town T-shirts must be worn every day. All staff and volunteers will also be in LMT Safety Town shirts. Prior year shirts may be available for a discounted rate on the first day of every session while supplies last.

Your child will be assigned a locker on the first day. His or her name will on a locker so that you can stash your child's helmet and snack before drop off at the classroom.

Your child will be assigned a Teen Volunteer on the first day of the session. The name of your child's teen will be noted on his/her First Day Letter. This teen will be with your child's pod (4 children) for the entire week.

Please check out our Policies and Procedures page to familiarize yourself with our policies on behavior, illness, and medications onsite.

EVERY DAY

You must sign your child in and out. Photo i.d. will be required. Only those people noted on

your registration form with proper photo i.d. will be able to sign your child out.

Please bring a properly fitted bike helmet every day, including Day 1.

Children must wear closed-toe shoes (or they will be unable to participate in all activities).

Apply sunscreen to your child. This is important as LMT Safety Town has outdoor components.

Please pack a healthy snack (Click link for ideas) and a bottle of water (You can use your LMT Safety Town water bottle.) for your child each day. Please no nuts or food containing nuts.

Please label everything with your child’s name (helmet, water bottle, snack container).

Your child will be given a new stick on name tag every day by his/her teen.

Backpacks aren't necessary. Children will receive daily parent letters and take home materials on the shelf in their lockers daily.

Daily letters will go home to let you know what your child has learned at LMT Safety Town on that particular day and to give some "homework" to help reinforce what they learned.

Daily Letters First Day Homework

Safety songs are often used to reinforce safety lessons at LMT Safety Town. Parents can learn the words and sing along. LMT SAFETY TOWN SAFETY SONGS & RHYMES

The Lower Macungie Library has been kind enough to make a list of books that they have that are read or relate to safety topics taught at LMT Safety Town. Reading these books is a great way to reinforce the lessons that your child has learned. Lower Macungie Library Safety Lesson Book List

IMPORTANT LAST DAY INFORMATION

On Friday of each session parents are cordially invited to the classroom at 11:30 a.m. to listen to the children review some of the safety songs they have learned and to watch as they receive their certificate for participating in our program. After you sign your child out, you may view the Safety Town course with your child. Unfortunately, due to safety issues and space constraints, we are unable to accommodate siblings and other family members. We apologize for any inconvenience, but by providing you with this early notification we hope that you will be able to make appropriate arrangements.

See you in July at Safety Town!