LINK TO CLASS DESCRIPTION

https://summer.whlifelearn.org/CourseCatalog/classView.asp?id=1536

INTENT
There were two main goals for the program:

• Teach skills that would allow students to assist the town with emergency preparedness and response during times of crisis.  
• Expose students to possible career opportunities within the various groups that are involved in community response services. 

BASICS ON THE CLASS

• 20 students participated and earned their Mastery Experience credit
• Two members of the WH CERT team and one certified teacher.
• Groups who came to work with students - Police, Fire, Animal Rescue, and EMT.
• Class met for 4 hrs. a day for 8 days.
  • 2 hours were used for instructional/background
  • 1 hour on application of learning
  • 1 hour on Question/Answer sections with groups and reflection journals around the WHPS Vision of the Graduate.
• Next year we will be working to include additional “field trips” to the police station, a fire station, water facility, DPW, and possibly others that we identify throughout the year.

News Link from NBC30 on final day of the program - search and rescue:

https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/west-hartford-high-schoolers-train-to-become-the-first-students-to-be-cert-certified/2816142/