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Quincy School District highlights new EMT, nursing-assistant pathways and student certifications
Summary
At a board meeting, the district’s CTE director and teachers described new health-science pathways that let high-school students earn EMT or Washington State nursing-assistant certification and college credit; presenters emphasized hands-on clinical rotations, capped class sizes, and strong early pass rates.
Elizabeth Naval, identified in the meeting as the CTE director for Quincy School District, opened the Career & Technical Education presentation by framing the programs around local workforce demand and “student-centered” pathways that lead directly to jobs or further education. “I'm Elizabeth Naval. I'm the CTE director for Quincy School District,” she said.
Lana Vanerk, the EMT instructor, told the board the EMT course follows a nationally recognized curriculum that mirrors community college and fire‑department training and prepares students for certification and supervised clinical rotations. “These kids hopefully when they graduate, they will be walking out with that EMT certification and they can go and walk into the industry with that,”…
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