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Ideas for Observing Don't Fry Day
Primary Schools
Conduct a Sun Safety Assembly
Invite and display student-created art
depicting sun-safe strategies
- Mural
- Banner
- Poster collection
- Playground chalk drawing
- Offer reward for best
Announce Don’t Fry Day on the school
marquee
Highlight DFD and sun safety on the school
bulletin board
Dress for sun safety
- Hat, long (but cool & comfortable)
clothing, sunscreen, sunglasses
Celebrate "The Year of the Hat"
- Recognize students and staff who wear a
sun-protective hat outdoors
- Reward classes with most students
wearing sun-safe hat outdoors
- Congregate hat-wearing students on
playground for photo-op
- Challenge neighboring school(s) to
compete for highest per capita hat use
- Sun-safe hat design contest
- Engage students in
selecting a sun-safe hat
to incorporate into school’s spirit wear
UV Index Forecast
- On DFD, announce and post the day’s
forecast along with tips for sun safety
- Recommend routine tracking of the UV
Index school-wide or in each classroom
- Issue a sun safety alert when the level
is high
Apply to your City Council for formal
recognition of your school’s observance of Don’t
Fry Day
Plant a shade tree
Assign older student peer educators to
discuss sun safety with children in lower grades
Communicate to parents
- Describe school’s sun safety policy
- Ask for parents’ cooperation
- Provide
sun safety tips
- Encourage parents to promote sun safety
for family and out-of-school activities
Engage the PTA in fundraising to purchase:
Screen
The Sun Show video(s) in
each classroom or a school-wide assembly
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* The more steps a school takes to promote
sun safety, the better their chance of winning a
shade structure grant from the American
Academy of Dermatology
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