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Walpole High junior proposes "Pack It Light, Wear It Right" backpack-safety program
Summary
Kayla Jackson, a Walpole High junior and Girl Scout Gold Award candidate, presented a district-wide backpack awareness project to the School Committee, urging education on proper wearing, packing and locker use after a small school survey found heavy loads.
Kayla Jackson, a junior at Walpole High School, presented a Girl Scout Gold Award project titled "Backpack Awareness: Pack It Light, Wear It Right" to the Walpole School Committee on May 29, urging district education on proper backpack use and locker strategies to reduce student injury and discomfort.
"Backpacks are an essential part to every single, you know, school," Jackson said. "It is a crucial tool for all students. However, it is very common for it to be used improperly." Jackson described the project as an 80-hour community service effort that draws on guidance developed with occupational therapy professors at Boston University and research from the American Occupational Therapy Association.
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