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Pennell Elementary School 5th grader Olivia Broomall was named an Outstanding School Safety Patroller for the 2023-2024 school year. Olivia was honored with the award during an end-of-year recognition ceremony, showcasing her exemplary leadership and dedication to school safety.

Olivia’s teachers describe her as someone who leads by example. She was praised for her calm and confident manner, single-handedly supporting dismissal responsibilities for the school’s youngest students. The school’s Safety Patrol coordinator noted that she has never had a student exemplify such maturity, leadership, and joy in the role of a Safety Patroller.

The award was presented to Olivia by AAA Manager of Public and Government Affairs Jana Tidwell during the ceremony.

“We are so happy to support these programs at schools across the Philadelphia five-county area,” Tidwell said. “We give these young people the training to help make their school safer and we’re always so impressed to see how innovative they can be when it comes to implementing changes and improvements at their schools.”

For more than 100 years, the AAA School Safety Patrol has been the world’s largest school-based safety program. Patrollers around the world provide school-aged children with an extra sense of safety and security during the school day’s busiest times: arrival and dismissal. As a peer-to-peer leadership development program, Safety Patrols are trained to recognize safety hazards to create a safer school environment.

Penn-Delco School District congratulates Olivia on this award and wishes her well as she heads to middle school!