Free vision screenings and glasses for Central Unified Pre-school and Elementary students.
The Tzu Chi Mobile Vision Unit is coming to Teague Elementary on Wednesday, March 16, 2016, to perform vision screenings and bring glasses to pre-school and 1st grade students in need.
“Sometimes kids don’t even realize that they have vision issues, and when they’re able to actually see the letters clearly or they are not blurry that actually can assist them greatly, and often times what we don’t realize is that some kids cannot read because they just a have a simple vision problem.” – Sonja Dosti, Communications and Public Relations Officer, Central Unified School District.
The service is available due to Central Unified’s connection with the Birth to Third Grade Initiative with First Five of Fresno County and support from Cal Viva Health.
Central Unified School District’s goal is to prevent vision impairments from hindering reading success, and they hope to have all students reading on grade level by third grade.
The vision screenings take place from 9:00 a.m. – 12 noon and 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. near the Pre-school offices at 5652 W. Gettysburg Avenue, Room 10.
