Scarborough Middle School seventh-grade students got some lessons on safety from police and firefighters during the school’s fifth annual Safety Day.

During the day students spent a period visiting booths hosted by police officers, firefighters, dentists, and chiropractors to learn about safety techniques.

Students are required to have a paper stamped by each booth they visit and then have their parents sign the paper. The idea behind the parental signatures is so the students and parents can discuss the safety lessons the kids learned during the program.

“Our goal is to educate the seventh-graders and involve their families in this important information,” said Tom Griffin, who along with Denise Lockman organized the event.

Scarborough Middle School seventh graders Colin Swords, Abby Van Note and Ryan Jones trying to catch a tennis ball while wearing specially designed goggles that duplicate the vision of someone who is impaired by alcohol. The students were all participating in the schoolScarborough Police Officer Robert Moore demonstrates some self-defense techniques while seventh grader Tom Fitzgerald imitates an attacker. Sierra Shelzi rides a stationary bicycle demonstrating how much energy to takes to light a home while Linda Hogue, a parent volunteer at the school, watches.