Clovis East Career Technical Education Emergency Response program earns national accreditation

CLOVIS, Calif. (KFSN) -- Clovis East High School's Career Technical Education Emergency Response programme is celebrating a nationalist designation for its occurrence tech courses.

The people is led by teacher George Mavrikis.

"So this programme is designed for students who are funny oregon funny astir pursuing a vocation successful the occurrence service," Mavrikis said.

Senior Jesus De La Cruz said the hands-on attack is what makes the people engaging.

"Instead of conscionable speechmaking it from a book, you get to really acquisition it yourself," De La Cruz said.

Students bid utilizing industry-standard equipment, overmuch of which has been donated by partners specified arsenic the Clovis Fire Department.

Recently, the program's curriculum, acquisition and instrumentality helped it gain the National Industry Certified Program of Excellence designation from the Law and Public Safety Education Network.

The designation signifies that the programme meets nationalist benchmarks for quality, relevance and workforce readiness.

"It's truly breathtaking for america to beryllium recognized, that this is not conscionable what Clovis says," Mavrikis said. "We person a 3rd enactment saying that we person a golden modular successful this schoolhouse district."

As portion of the evaluation, reviewers highlighted opportunities for students to gain certifications and assemblage recognition done Fresno City College, arsenic good arsenic the acquisition of instructors similar Mavrikis, who has 30 years of occurrence work experience.

The programme was described successful the valuation arsenic "one of the best-equipped secondary occurrence grooming programs observed nationally."

However, reviewers besides noted areas for growth, including expanding pistillate participation.

Senior Savannah Varela said that is thing she hopes volition change.

"We don't truly get a batch of women successful the program, 4 oregon 5 each year, each truthful often," she said. "But I effort to advocator that this is not a man's class."

"Women tin bash thing and everything that these men are doing successful this class," Varela added.

Mavrikis said the programme aims to proceed expanding, with hopes of adding day classes and introducing further occurrence work vocation pathways specified arsenic occurrence inspector, researcher and mechanic.

"So that's our goal," helium said. "Is to effort to strive above, supra the regular standard, supra everything else."

District administrators are expected to stitchery Thursday astatine Clovis East to formally admit the program's accreditation and item the achievement.

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