Hayden is pictured here with Cecil Elementary second-graders.
Canon-Mac Reminds Motorists
About School Bus Safety
A
s the academic year continues, we at Canon-McMillan would like
to remind community members to be cognizant of buses traveling
throughout our neighborhoods to transport students to and from
school each day.
When traveling during the school year, please remember that, under
Pennsylvania law:
H Motorists must stop at least 10 feet away from school buses with their
red lights flashing and with their stop arm extended.
H Motorists must stop when they are behind a bus, meeting the
bus or approaching an intersection where a bus is stopped.
H Motorists that are following or traveling alongside a school
bus must also stop until the red lights have stopped
flashing, the stop arm is withdrawn, and all children have
reached safety.
H If physical barriers such as grassy medians, guide rails or concrete
median barriers separate oncoming traffic from the bus, motorists in the
opposing lanes may proceed without stopping.
H Do not proceed until all the children have reached a place of safety.
Drivers convicted of violating the above may face a $250 fine, five points on
their driving record and/or a 60-day license suspension.
Need more information? Check out the state Department of
Transportation’s School Bus Stopping Law Fact Sheet.
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ongrats are in order for Cecil Intermediate School
sixth-grader Hayden Zissis, who recently won a $500
grant from The Sprout Fund’s Change Machine.
The Change Machine provides money to support,
celebrate and showcase unique youth-led initiatives with
the power to incite positive change.
The projects are innovative, non-traditional ideas that
focus on current issues and challenges faced by youth, and
inspire a diverse group of participants to be more active,
involved, and civically-engaged.
Hayden’s project? Building four buddy benches for the
elementary schools that feed into Cecil Intermediate.
The idea behind the Buddy Benches? That no kid is lonely
and left out during recess.
Hayden said he noticed that some kids don’t have anyone
to play with at recess and it made him sad, so he decided to
build the Buddy Benches. When kids don’t have friends to
pal around with at recess, they can sit on the Buddy Bench,
and when their school mates see them there, they can invite
them to play.
Not only did Hayden build the benches: He and his
friends also put together a presentation and video for Cecil
Elementary second-graders.
Two of the benches—which Hayden made from scratch—
have been delivered. The other two are expected to be
delivered sometime this summer.
Canon-Mac
Cecil Intermediate
Student Wins $500,
Builds Buddy Benches