Middletown Fire had beautiful weather for their 4th annual Kids Fair on Main Street in Middletown. CJPS students lent a hand helping keep kids safe and having fun... while having a little fun of their own. Fun time!

A huge thank you to Middletown Fire and Nelcon Towing for providing our EMT students an excellent opportunity to learn about vehicle extrication, scene safety, vehicle extrication safety, and trauma patient care from those that do it on a daily basis.

Mr. C was surprised by Principal Rivera, Mr. L, and the Freshman and Senior classes to find out he was selected as one of the 2023 Fund For Teachers Fellow program. 130 teachers from around the country were selected. Mr. C will be spending the summer in Japan learning how Japan does emergency management differently from the US. From earthquakes and volcanos to tsunamis and nuclear disasters! He also plans to eat all the sushi. All. Congrats Mr. C!

First Apocalypse Club meeting focused on surviving the immediate "end" while the second meeting focused on the Mad Max-esque after world. There is always inevitably dust so we created our Apocalypse Goggles and then tested them out by making our way through a simulated dust storm. Afterwards, we were met with the, also inevitable, Die Hard-esque having to walk on broken glass barefoot which we simulated by walking on Legos. Fun time!

CJPS Sophomores and Juniors coordinated the safe arrival and departure of 31 buses while escorting hundreds of elementary and middle school students to their seats. The New Britain Symphony then performed an exciting performance for the kids. Great experience for the CJPSers and we learned a lot about command and coordination.

We are extremely good at victim acting for local police and fire agencies at this point but this was an exceptional opportunity for the CJPS Junior EMT students. We assisted with SWAT Team Medic tryouts and were able to see several incredible SWAT Medic candidates practice their skills. Always happy to help out our local responders!

The CJPS freshman class is well on their way learning all the constitutional amendments in more depth than they ever have. Students argue Constitutional law, read court cases, and learn how everything we know comes from a court case somewhere!

Vinal CJPS has been working behind the scenes for years now to get our students college credit for the material they are learning. This was finally made a reality with the help of Dr. Julie Schnobrich-Davis and the Central Connecticut State University Criminology Department staff. Thanks to their efforts, grant applications, and even hospitality, all CJPS students now earn three credits for Introduction to Criminal Justice and have all fees and tuition waived by the University. This is an excellent addition to the program and we cannot thank them enough. They have even been so generous as to let us use their classrooms for some of our advanced EMT courses. Awesome!