Fire Protection Police Science course opens big safety path
Ottawa area high school students enroll in a new Fire Protection Police Science program run by East Central Vocational Cooperative and Ottawa Department of Public Safety. The joint effort via Kansas Interlocal Cooperative Act adds hands on training using city fire apparatus and police facilities, with instructors from DPS and local agencies. Students study firefighting, CPR, EMS, and later police science, aiming for Firefighter certification and potential law enforcement careers, while earning three high school credits.
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Cameron Henson
East Central Vocational Cooperative
Ottawa Department of Public Safety
U.S.D
Department of Public Safety
Mike Newmaster
Oren Skiles
Daryl Shutt
DPS
Craig Davis
Franklin County Sheriff’s Office
Baldwin
Central Heights
International Fire Service Training
Oklahoma State University
Kansas Highway Patrol
Kansas Fish and Game
Kansas Bureau of Investigation Lab
State Correctional Institutions
Topeka
Fire Service
Five Year Olds Enter Readiness Kindergarten Pilot
Nancy Johnson describes USC 290 piloting a Readiness Kindergarten named KIDS. The two-year program targets five year olds not yet ready for full academics, focusing on motor skills, self-discipline, sharing, and cooperative play, with one year at a designated site and year two at the child’s home school.
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U.S.C. 290
School staff implement child abuse prevention program
In 1984 five USD 290 staff joined the FHERDA project for prevention of abuse. Programs include Happy Bear puppet shows for kindergartners, McGruff with Ottawa Public Safety, Bubbylonian Encounter for second graders, Better Safe Than Sorry for fourth graders, sixth grade sex education with safety lessons, and Child Molestation films. P.T.A. Council hosts a district latch key plan and teachers receive in service on reporting abuse. members listed: Marlin Kimball, Kathryn Williamson, Cynthia Montague, Dorothy Chaney, Rosalie Osburn.
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U.S.D
U.S.C
Ottawa Department of Public Safety
Babbylonian
P.T.A. Coun
Cil
United States Department of Health
P.T.A. Council
Marlin Kimball
Kathryn Williamson
Cynthia Montague
Dorothy Chaney
Rosalie Osburn
Art Education Program in Ottawa Delves Into Three Levels
The Ottawa art education program, supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Kansas Arts Commission, USC 290, Hewitt Trust, and the Ottawa Community Arts Council, trains elementary to high school students. It fosters visual art understanding, media familiarity, and proficiency, with workshops, exhibitions, and state competitions.
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Srad Jessop
Ottawa
National Endowment For the Arts
New York
Ottawa Community Arts Council
A.E
U.S.C
Franklin County Spelling Bee to be Held at Ottawa Middle School
The Franklin County Spelling Bee will take place Tuesday March 11 1986 at Ottawa Middle School auditorium starting at 1:00 p.m. Students from 4th through 8th grade who placed in the top three at their schools compete to advance to the Kansas State Bee in Topeka on April 1.
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Nancy Bayior
Franklin County
Ottawa Middle School
Topeka
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