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