Student Athletic Trainers Get Sample Of Profession
CV school board
Wrestlers who got a bloody nose during recent competitions could rely on their peers to take care of them.
The Inland Empire Wrestling Officials Association honored Central Valley student athletic trainers at the district’s board meeting Monday.
The students were commended for the professional help they gave to wrestlers with bruises, cuts and sprains.
They were in a practicum class for students interested in the medical field taught by Jerry Connors. It gives them hands-on experience.
Dealing with bloody noses and cuts takes “very delicate treatment,” Connors said.
Trainers, who wear gloves, clean the mat, the wrestler, stop the bleeding and apply medicine.
Connors said that many of the students want to pursue careers as athletic trainers.
“Some find out that they don’t like the field,” he said. “More find out that they do like the field.”
The students have donated almost 200 volunteer hours at meets and matches, Connors said.
Student trainers have worked in other sports such as gymnastics, basketball and tennis for several years, he said.
Also at the board meeting, the new social studies curriculum for students K-12 was presented.
A committee of social studies teachers has slightly altered its philosophy of the subject, said Adams Elementary kindergarten teacher Janelle Stolp.
“We want to keep the social studies curriculum relevant to today’s kids,” she said. “We are trying to teach concepts and big ideas that will cause life-long learning, as opposed to bits and pieces that are memory-oriented.
“One concept is that culture is affected by our surroundings, such as the geographic area. That’s an idea that kids can learn from kindergarten all the way through the 12th grade.”
The program is scheduled to begin next fall.
The board also adopted two industrial artstechnology textbooks.
Also, a group of University High parents asked the board to include the renovation of the school’s track facility in any bond proposal that might be presented to voters.