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Northeast Magnet 'fired up' about new program
Students attending Wichita Northeast Magnet High School will have an exciting new career pathway to explore beginning next school year. Northeast Magnet has partnered with the Wichita Fire Department and Hutchinson Community College to develop a program, which when fully approved and implemented, will offer students Fire Science classes.
“We are excited to widen the career options we offer in our Law and Public Service Magnet program,” said Joel Hudson, principal at Northeast.
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Northeast Magnet junior Jacob Valdez and freshman Alize Presley watch Wichita firefighter Ryan Armstrong demonstrate equipment used by firefighters. (Photo by Susan Arensman) |
The planned Fire Science curriculum is a four-year program that will begin for incoming freshmen in the fall of 2009. The first year, students will learn about different fire science, law, and public service careers. During their sophomore and junior years, students will take Firefighter I and Firefighter II classes. During the senior year, the class will train and prepare students for certification testing as an Emergency Medical Technician. Upon graduation and successful completion of the program, students will be eligible to be in the pool of recruits for the Wichita Fire Department.
“We are excited about the opportunity to partner with Northeast Magnet and to have applicants who have had previous experience,” said Wichita Fire Chief Ronald D. Blackwell.
In addition to the classroom studies, students will have the opportunity for field trips to observe specific fire department activities and the department will have an active presence on campus as they bring fire fighting activities to the students.
“We’re always looking for different ways to show that what students are learning in school has relevance to what they will do once they graduate,” said Denise Wren, assistant superintendent of Wichita public high schools. “This program will provide our students the 21st century skills to be successful in the community.”
The classes in the new fire science program will be taught by instructors from the Wichita Fire Department and Hutchinson Community College’s Fire Science Department. Some of the curriculum will be the same that is offered to students at Hutchinson Community College.
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