C-G-D fifth graders ready to face the elements

With the help of emergency management coordinator Jim Lester and teacher Tanja Jensen, fifth graders at Clarion-Goldfield-Dows recently finished a unit focusing on emergency preparedness. The Student Tools for Emergency Prep program helped the kids learn how to be a “preparedness hero” be creating a family communications plan and family emergency kit, a map for where to go when there’s a fire at home, and more.

“The timing of the STEP program worked great with September being Preparedness Month and also with the beginning of the new school year,” Lester said. “It really gives the students some tools to prepare for disasters and helps them to create some discussions with their families to make sure they also have a plan.”

The students in Jensen’s afternoon class said that they had never talked about an emergency meeting place with their family before going through the STEP program. The students were much more interested in talking to their families about how to be safe after learning more about emergencies and were ready to put together kits at home with items like food, water, pet supplies, batteries, or a hand-crank radio. “I was really surprised to learn we actually had one,” one student said after talking with his parents about their emergency supplies.

 

For more about Preparedness Month, see the September 22 edition of the Monitor.

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