Yonkers' little ones prepare for a big step: Riding the school bus

Riding the school bus is a big step for the littlest ones.

And teaching safety is paramount, as the new school year beckons.

So in Yonkers, Pre-K, kindergarten and first-grade students got a recent preview, exploring a bus at the school  district’s First Time Riders School Bus Safety and School Orientation program.

At various elementary schools, principals greeted families for an orientation. A tour of a school bus followed, as a driver walked everyone through bus safety procedures and information, according to the school district. Students got to practice putting on a seatbelt and using a handrail.

One such event was at William Boyce Thompson School. Yonkers' new Superintendent Anibal Soler Jr. and Rosalba Corrado Del Vecchio, president of the Yonkers Board of Education president, participated.

This article originally appeared on Rockland/Westchester Journal News: Yonkers' little ones prepare for a big step: Riding the school bus