Once again, Johnson Creek students are participating in STEP, or Student Tools for Emergency Planning, program. The statewide program teaches 5th graders how to be prepared for various disasters and emergencies, how to assemble an emergency kit, and how to develop an emergency plan with their families.
“Emergencies and disasters can happen at any time to anyone, and that’s why we think it is so important to prepare our students,” said Kris Blakeley, principal of Johnson Creek Elementary. “We’re excited to teach the STEP curriculum once again this year and give our students the tools and knowledge they need in order to have confidence in an emergency situation.”
This is the fifth year that STEP is being offered to schools in Wisconsin and the third year that Johnson Creek Elementary is participating in the program.
The STEP program provides teachers with all materials to teach the curriculum at no cost to the schools, including instructor guides, DVDs and copies of student handouts. All students participating in the program also receive an emergency kit to take home, which includes a flashlight, first aid kit and emergency blanket. The basic lesson is only one hour of instruction, but teachers can expand the lessons to cover eight hours of materials.
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