Sparky the Wonder Bug will entertain thousands of elementary school
students across Southern California Edison’s (SCE) service
territory beginning this week, teaching
youngsters about electrical safety through a live theatre production
of “A Bug’s Light!”
The superhero insect, star of the interactive safety learning production
staged by The
National Theatre for Children (NTC), actively engages students in
learning what they and their families can do to
stay safe around electricity. Youngsters from more than 30
elementary schools are scheduled to see the live performance, which
runs through Oct. 24 in Visalia, Palmdale, Downey, South Gate, Oxnard,
Corona, Moreno Valley, Garden Grove, Ventura, Santa Ana, Inglewood,
Baldwin Park, Long Beach, Pomona, Compton, Redlands, Rialto, Moreno
Valley and other cities.
SCE is making the production available to schools as part of its public
safety outreach efforts. Two performances are scheduled Oct. 2 at
Liberty Boulevard Elementary School in South Gate.
“‘A Bug’s Light!’ is a terrific opportunity to educate children about
the wonders and hazards of electricity in a fun and entertaining way,”
said Don Neal, SCE’s director of Corporate Environmental, Health and
Safety. “This program is an important element of SCE’s overall efforts to
promote public safety around power lines.”
The production features a combination of interactive learning
techniques, a live assembly performance using professional actors, a
classroom curriculum, homework assignments and activity books in English
and Spanish that students can take home and share with their families.
Children learn important safety lessons, including how electricity is
made and used, how to identify dangerous situations both inside and
outside the home and ways to stay safe around electricity, including
when around downed power lines.
For more information about electrical safety, visit www.on.sce.com/staysafe.
For more information about the upcoming performances: 2014
"A Bug's Light!" performance schedule.
About Southern California Edison
An Edison International (NYSE:EIX) company, Southern California Edison
is one of the nation’s largest electric utilities, serving a population
of nearly 14 million via 4.9 million customer accounts in a
50,000-square-mile service area within Central, Coastal and Southern
California.
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