This means students must carry all of these things in their backpack to school each day, putting a strain on student’s necks and back. The average 15-year-old male weighs 129 pounds and the ...

A Precious Child will be collecting new backpacks and school supplies for children who are in the most need in the community. Backpacks filled with grade-appropriate school supplies are distributed to ...

check the backpack’s weight is no more than 10-15% of the child’s body weight (you may need to monitor this as they take different things to and from school) ...

Amy Barbosa, an incoming 10th grader at Pinnacle Charter School, shows off her new school supplies at A Precious Child’s on-site Fill A Backpack program on Thursday. (Sydney McDonald/Staff Writer) ...