Second grader Tamia Hill-Bryant,
8, works on a connect-the-dots game
within an informational workbook
distributed to students at Northeast
Elementary School in Kinston Monday
during a gun safety presentation.
The Eddie Eagle GunSafe Program will
visit all second and third grade
classrooms this spring in Lenoir
County public schools.
Stop!
Don't
Touch!
Leave
the
Area!
Tell
an
Adult!”
the
school’s
four
second
grade
classes
joined
together
in a
chant
that
would
be
heard
throughout
the
hallways
of
the
Kinston
school
as
many
as
four
times
in
one
hour
Monday
morning.
The response to the catchy educational slogan that since its inception in 1988 has reached more than 21 million children in all 50 states was “fantastic,” Northeast Elementary School Principal Kecia Dunn said Monday.
Students between the ages of 7 and 9 recited the phrase with ease after the hour-long seminar led by Jackie Leonard, community coordinator for the Kinston Department of Public Safety.
“The material is child-friendly and not only does it teach safety, but it reinforces what we’re teaching here in our curriculum,” Dunn said.
