Summer time SAFE BASE enjoyable forward

The SAFE BASE summer time program kicked off Monday, welcoming college students for one more season of studying, recreation and journey. 

The free program, out there to all Ok-Eighth grade college students who dwell inside USD 257, offers an opportunity to remain engaged throughout the summer time months by hands-on actions, academic experiences and weekly discipline journeys. 

Throughout June, college students will spend three days every week collaborating in actions at Iola Elementary School. Sessions run from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday by Wednesday.

EACH THURSDAY, college students who meet attendance necessities will journey to locations throughout the area, giving them an opportunity to discover new locations and luxuriate in experiences not usually out there within the classroom. 

This Thursday’s vacation spot is Skate City in Overland Park, providing a day of skating and recreation. 

Several different common locations are on faucet. On June 11, members will journey to Bridal Cave in Camdenton, Mo., the place they’ll tour one of many state’s most well-known pure sights and study its distinctive geological formations and historical past. 

The following week, college students will head to Urban Air Trampoline Park in Lenexa. The month will conclude with a visit to Rock River Rapids Water Park in Derby on June 25, a welcome likelihood to chill off and have fun summer time. 

STUDENTS ARE not required to attend each week of the SAFE BASE program. Families could select the weeks that finest match their schedules. However, college students should attend every day of actions throughout a specific week with a view to be eligible for that week’s discipline journey. 

In addition to academic and leisure alternatives, this system additionally ensures college students have entry to nutritious meals all through the day. Participants obtain free breakfast and lunch by the varsity district’s summer time meal program. 

The SAFE BASE program has change into a summer time custom for a lot of native households, providing a secure and structured atmosphere the place college students can proceed studying whereas college is out of session.