Nayatt Playground Takes on New Look

The Nayatt School playground will look a lot different to the pupils when they return to classes today after the Memorial Day holiday weekend.

Volunteers from the PTO and members of the family of the late Emma Ferreira spent about 24 hours expanding the play area starting last Friday morning and continuing into the weekend on Saturday.

“The fitness loop was never finished,” said Elizabeth Greenberg, a PTO co-president who was among about a dozen people at the playground on Friday. “At the beginning of the year, we looked at all that the school needed.”

At the same time, she said, members of the late teachers’ assistant at Nayatt said they wanted to help do something in her memory. The playground expansion jumped right to the top of the list.

“There has been a push for health and wellness as the same time,” she said. “It fit right in.” 

Fundraisers have been held. The money was set aside. And then there was last weekend, when the volunteers went to work. 

Working with Steve Dibbs, who designed Kids Kove Playround behind Town Hall, said Greenberg, the PTO and the Ferreira family finished that loop “as a real community project.”

“We’re adding a shade structure as well,” she said.

Yes, the playground certainly should look a lot different to the Nayatt pupils when they go out to recess this morning.