East View Elementary plans ‘Welcome Back Safari’

The faculty and staff of East View Elementary School are planning a “welcome back safari” as they prepare for the first day of school.

 East View is “Wild About Learning” this year, and the bus will be decorated in a safari theme. The bus will travel the East View attendance area between noon and 2 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 9. At various stops along the way, the staff will get off the bus to meet students and parents, and will hand out popsicles as a cool way to introduce themselves and get the 2011-12 school year off to a positive start.

“Our East View teachers and staff are always willing to ‘go the extra mile’ for our kids,” said Principal Ann Marie Williams. “We really are ‘wild about learning,’ and we’re so looking forward to the year with a lot of excitement!”

A tentative schedule of stops for the East View Safari Bus is as follows:

 12:15 p.m.        Wrights Acres

12:30 p.m.        Summit Pool Area

12:45 p.m.        Lamplite Trailer Park Mission

1 p.m.              Eastwood Trailer Park Entrance

1:20 p.m.          Maceo Baptist Church

1:40 p.m.          Yelvington Fire Department

2 p.m.              Yellow Creek Baptist Church