West Hartford Teens Sought To Learn Emergency Preparedness

Town of West Hartford

WEST HARTFORD, CT — Local officials are looking for young people to not only complete a high school graduation requirement, but also be ready to help should disaster strike.

West Hartford Public Schools and West Hartford's Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) are again offering a teen CERT training program during the first session of summer school, June 21-30, 2023.

This class allows students to complete their Mastery Experience graduation requirement and receive their own CERT certificate.

Teen CERT is taught by a certified West Hartford Public School teacher and two West Hartford CERT instructors.

This class is a mix of classroom and hands-on learning.

Students will earn their American Heart Association Heart Saver certificate and learn about fire safety, emergency preparedness, disaster psychology and light search and rescue.

The course includes hands-on demonstrations by the West Hartford Fire Department, Office of Emergency Management, West Hartford Police Department and West Hartford Animal Control.

The goal of the class is not only to fulfill the mastery requirement, but to better prepare students to prepare to handle many types of emergency situations.

The class runs from June 21 until June 30 from 8 a.m. to noon. The class is limited to 30 students. The class fee is $199 and students may pay online, by mail or in-person.

For more information and to register, go to https://programofstudies.whps.org/programofstudies/program-planning/west-hartford-inter-district-summer-high-school choose ‘current WHPS students portal’ from the red box on the left.

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