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For National Preparedness Month Join the Movement and Do "The Prep Step!"

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September is National Preparedness Month, and as an affirmer of the National Strategy for Youth Preparedness Education, the Texas School Safety Center is proud to team up with Save the Children to celebrate with “The Prep Step!” This is a fun song and dance that teaches kids the basics of emergency preparedness and keeps them grooving and moving during break time, afterschool or at home. (Read more…)

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