PACI gives every student first aid training
Students were given a break from classes for a day of hands-on learning at their annual literacy workshop. Staff from St. John Ambulance was on hand to ensure every student in the school received CPR and basic first aid training. Also on offer throughout the day were workshops in visual arts, yoga, poetry, martial arts, mental and sexual health and addictions.
Principal Dawne Adams said the workshops were made possible by grants from the Saskatchewan Alliance for Youth and Community Well-Being (SAYCW) and Northern Lights Community Development Corporation, along with help from community partners.
“We received some funding from SAYCW and so we had the opportunity to give all our students a CPR/first aid course,” Adams said. “[It’s] definitely a skill that’s useful for students, for work and in their regular lives.”
Adams said the day was meant to help their Grade 9-12 students build social and physical literacy, and “learn in a different way” than their typical classroom lessons.