Santa Cruz Sentinel, 11/10/2019, Name Dropping, “First graders visit firefighters.”
Mount Madonna School first graders recently visited the Pajaro Valley Fire Station in Watsonville to learn about its day-to-day operations and the services that firefighters provide to the community.
The students were welcomed by Fire Chief Mike Harris, father of first-grader Oceana, and his team on duty, firefighters Chris Tostado, Mike Garboni and Scott Williams.
“First graders began the year learning about each other and sharing about themselves with others in the class, as part of our effort to create a classroom community,” said teacher Cassia Laffin. “We then expanded our learning outward into our own communities, helping students differentiate between the cities that we live in and guiding them to develop empathy for the work that others do.”