A Grand Island elementary school has brought back its safety program.

5th grade students at Wasmer Elementary help their teachers, parents and other students cross the street to get to the school. The program helps students build social skills, emotional skills and get some real life experience helping others.

Principal James Tews said "We’ve been talking in our building leadership team about how we can develop our 5th graders and build some skills to prepare them for secondary school, and one of the things we thought about is bringing back the safety patrol program. We have 18 5th graders right now. We rotate between morning and afternoon, and they have a schedule that goes week by week so they have an opportunity to experience different settings, different crosswalks, so they can interact with different students throughout the day.”

The students keep the crosswalks clear through sunshine, rain or snow.