NPPS OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER

SPRING 2009— WHAT'S INSIDE?

  • Focus on Planning
  • Playground Safety Week
  • Playground Safety School
  • Loss of a Leader
  • Maintenance Checks
  • Shade Structures
    • Safety Award Nominations

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NEWSLETTER ARCHIVE

Winter 2008

  • We've moved locations!
  • Lost of a Leader
  • NAEYC: Update
  • Winter Tips!
  • Ahren’s Training
  • Playground Safety Awards
  • Playground Safety Week

 

 

FALL 2007

  • Checklist to Make Your Playgrounds
  • Planning Outdoor Environments
  • NPPS Inspector Course
  • Online Training Classes
  • Maintenance Starts with You

February 2007

  • How do you define Celebrate?
  • Checklist to make your playgrounds S.A.F.E.
  • Iowa SAFE Surfacing Initiative
  • Nominate Someone
  • New logo
  • Online Training Classes

WINTER 2006

  • Happy Birthday NPPS!
  • See What's Happening in Toledo, Iowa
  • Congratulations Donna Thompson on receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Videos now available on DVD

FALL 2006

  • Get Certified
  • Web Site New Look
  • Spotlight: Bucks County
  • Product Highlight: Supervision Kit
  • Coming Soon
  • Advertise Here
  • Web Site Facts
  • Look What's Happening

JUNE 2006

  • NPPS Announces John Preston Safe Playground Award
  • Product Highlight: Planning
  • Spotlight: St. Theresa School
  • One Size Does Not Fit All continued . . .
  • Playground Safety
  • NPPS Announces Ahrens Award

SUMMER 2006

  • Keeping kids safe in the summer sun
  • Product Highlights: Online Training
  • Spotlight: Larry Bruya
  • A checklist for parents
  • What are we doing: Spreading the message
  • Safety School coupon

SPRING 2006

  • What's New: Online Training Courses
  • What's Happening: Promoting Playground Safety
  • NPPS Products
  • Spotlight: Bob Porter
  • Playground Safety Awards
  • What We're Doing: Stryker Challenge
 

FALL 2005

  • Arsenic and Playgrounds
  • See What's Happening at Washington Elementary School
  • Check out our new and improved Supervision Kit
  • Safety School poem by Kelly Estes

SUMMER 2005

  • NPPS Safety Week a success!
  • See What's Happening at Lincoln Elementary School
  • Check out our Safety Assessment packages
  • John Preston Playground Safety award announced

SPRING 2005

  • NPPS Safety Week April 25-29th
  • See What's Happening at Lakeview Elementary School
  • Senator Harkin secures funding for NPPS
  • Spreading the SAFE message
  • Enroll in NPPS Safety School
 

FALL 2004

  • NPPS celebrates its 10th Anniversary!
  • See what's happening at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City!
  • Learn a new playground song!
  • Enroll in NPPS Safety School!

SUMMER 2004

  • Safe playgrounds start with you!
  • Check out our exciting new project!
  • Thank you, Debbie Sampson!
  • Enroll in NPPS Safety School for August.
  • Did you know these survey facts?

SPRING 2004

  • Celebrate NPPS safety week!
  • Congratulations Lyn Kalinowski!
  • Ohio students become strong safety advocates.
  • Enroll in NPPS Safety School for August.
  • Making the grade-report card statistics.
 

FALL 2003

  • NPPS celebrates its ninth Year!
  • We want to hear from you.
  • See how to get your copy of Stepping Stones To Using Caring for Our Children, 2nd Ed.
  • NPPS Safety School in August
  • Pacific Air Force bases team up with NPPS

SUMMER 2003

  • National Playground Safety Week April 21-25, 2003.
  • Congratulations Lester Chuck!
  • Test your knowledge about playground supervision on page 2.
  • There's still time to enroll in NPPS Safety School.
  • Newsletter moves to the web in Fall 2003.

SPRING 2003

  • National Playground Safety Week 2003 -- "National Animal Swing Roundup"
  • See who received the prestigious Honor Award on page 3!
  • Look What's Happening in Great Falls, MT.
  • Plan now for your supervision workshop.
  • Does your farm have safe play areas?
 

FALL 2002

  • Does your playground make the grade?
  • National Playground Safety Week 2003
  • Look What's Happening! Elkhart Lake success.
  • Are you supervising your children?

SUMMER 2002

  • National Playground Safety Week.
  • Back to school! NPPS Safety School
  • Look What's Happening! Elementary students take part in the Kid Checkers Program.
  • Dr. Wallach awarded the first annual Playground Safety Advocate of the year!

SPRING 2002

  • Calling all Kid Checkers
  • CD ROM package now available
  • Look What's Happening: 10 year old wins 1st place on playground safety project
  • LAST CHANCE-NPPS newsletter moves to the web.
 

WINTER 2001

  • NPPS Newsletter moves to the web.
  • Toxin concerns on the playground
  • Frequently Asked Questions: What's in a name: Monkey bars or horizontal ladders?
  • Look what's happening: Grants exceeding $423,000 for Colorado childcare facilities to improve playground facilities.
  • As always: Recent articles by NPPS Staff, Calendar of Events and Look What's Happening!

SUMMER 2001

  • CPSC playground-related injury statistics
  • Proposed Playground Safety Act of 2001
  • U.S. Summit for Playground Safety Wrap-up
  • Frequently Asked Questions column

SPRING 2001

  • National Playground Safety Week information, including U.S. Summit for Playground Safety details
  • NEW! Frequently Asked Questions column
  • 2000 National Playground Safety School information
 

WINTER 2000

  • Safe Surfacing feature
  • Find out more about Playground Safety Week 2001
  • Product-related news
  • New staff welcome: Heather Bauer

SUMMER 2000

  • Playground Safety Week 2000 in review
  • Feature article on NPPS poster child, Andrew Kidd
  • NPPS teams with 3M Nexcare to provide age-appropriate signage
  • 2001 Safety Schools reminder

SPRING 2000

  • Playground Safety Week 2000 announced; National playground survey complete
  • Surfacing checklist
  • 2001 Safety Schools announced
  • NPPS Staff News