Recently, a community member contacted Superintendent Dr. Amy Sichel, expressing her concern over the number of students she saw walking, including crossing streets, while looking at their phones. Dr. Sichel told the community member with whom she spoke that she would see how Abington School District can help reduce these instances of distracted walking, as it can be extremely dangerous for both the students and passing motorists. With this in mind, Dr. Sichel reached out to Mr. Angelo Berrios and Mr. Daniel File, principals of the Senior and Junior High, respectively, to see how their schools could address this concern with students. Mr. Berrios came back with an idea to have the students in both secondary buildings work together to produce a public service announcement (PSA) that could be shown as part of the morning announcements. With the help of Senior High English and Media Production teacher, Mr. Bryan Quigley, the students put together an insightful video warning students of the dangers, and accidents that could happen, as a result of distracted walking. Using researched statistics, as well as a bit of humor, the PSA sends an important message of putting phones down and keeping heads up.
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