PSEG Long Island Dubs Nearly 2,000 First Through Fourth Graders “Safety Sleuths” to Celebrate Electric Safety Month and Safety Month

(UNIONDALE, N.Y. — May 31, 2022) To commemorate May as Electric Safety Month and June as Safety Month, PSEG Long Island is congratulating more than 1,700 first through fourth graders across Long Island and the Rockaways for becoming badge-wearing “safety sleuths.”

Earlier this year, the students participated in the aptly titled Safety Sleuth electric safety program sponsored by PSEG Long Island. The curriculum provided dozens of teachers in 21 schools across Long Island and the Rockaways with an opportunity to engage in safety education in their classes and ultimately have their students create informational posters on related topics.

Teachers were encouraged to submit their favorite posters and, of the 91 posters submitted, approximately two dozen are being featured in a virtual gallery available online. The artwork will also be on display at the Long Island Children’s Museum in Garden City during June and July.

“It is important to teach children electrical safety from a young age, and this curriculum was specifically developed to educate elementary school students with simple lessons in a non-frightening way,” said Suzanne Brienza, PSEG Long Island’s director of Customer Experience and Utility Marketing. “We are very pleased with the positive feedback from students and teachers about this new Safety Sleuth program, and we’re happy to officially dub the participating students ‘safety sleuths.’”

Created by educational consultants D. Barrett Associates, the electrical safety coursework provided age-appropriate lessons, such as how to stay safe around downed wires outdoors and near electrical outlets indoors. The program was created in alignment with current educational standards on these topics. The curriculum was also tailored for classroom, virtual learning and hybrid scenarios.

Safety Sleuth was provided at no cost to students in the company’s service area – Nassau and Suffolk counties and the Rockaways.

The gallery will feature posters by the following students:

To view the posters, click here: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjzR9JG. To view the online gallery, click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pu7NARKY0cQ.

Safety Sleuth participation by the numbers

• 91 posters submitted
• 1,704 students in grades 1-4
• 89 teachers
• 21 elementary schools
• 13 school districts in Nassau and Suffolk counties and the Rockaways

PSEG Long Island provides educational resources through its robust Community Partnership Program, which includes several educational programs for children of all ages at schools and at after-school and camp programs. These shows and programs on energy conservation, electric safety and preparing for an emergency have educated tens of thousands of children. The new Safety Sleuth program has already been receiving high praise since it was added to the educational programming lineup in this school year. PSEG Long Island has also developed an electric safety video that will be available to teachers upon request. For more information on these programs, please visit www.psegliny.com/inthecommunity/communitypartnership/educationalprograms.

Photo caption: Center Moriches third grader Nikolina Gutowski drew this electric safety poster as part of PSEG Long Island’s Safety Sleuth program for kids in grades 1-4.

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PSEG Long Island operates the Long Island Power Authority’s transmission and distribution system under a long-term contract. PSEG Long Island is a subsidiary of Public Service Enterprise Group Inc. (PSEG) (NYSE:PEG), a publicly traded diversified energy company.