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BOURBON – Triton Junior-Senior High School has been named a Heart Safe School through Project ADAM.
Project ADAM affiliate programs assist schools and community partners in building cardiac emergency response plans that can be activated when every second matters. Program leaders provide the foundation schools need to strengthen their readiness — offering templates, resources and one‑on‑one consultation to support effective cardiac emergency preparedness and help prevent sudden cardiac death in the school setting, according to the Project ADAM website.
Superintendent Jeremy Riffle told the Triton School Board Monday that over the last five months science teacher Andy Bass has led an emergency response team made up of members of the junior-senior high school staff, along with students from his biomedical science class, to come up with policies, procedures and an action plan for when there is a health emergency in the school building or on campus.
Late last week, the school had a cardiac team drill and was officially certified as a Heart Safe School, according to the school corporation’s Instagram page.
Riffle said the school corporation also hopes to eventually make the elementary school a Heart Safe School as well.
In other business, the board:
• Heard Drew Bingamon surpassed both the Triton all-time hits and all-time strike out records, held by Scott Blackford and Todd Blackford, respectfully.
• Heard 25 Triton students will receive scholarships, totaling $80,232, at a scholarship banquet.
• Heard Brooke Kitch, Sydney Heckaman, Oliver Ickes, Max Richison and Colton Large graduated from the Kosciusko Youth Leadership Academy.
• Heard 99% of kindergarteners were proficient with end-of-year scores in the end-of-year benchmark assessment.
• Heard high school graduation will be at 2 p.m. May 31 in the Trojan Trench.
• Approved the resignation of Ashli Faulker as the girls varsity basketball coach, Victoria Hughes as a first-grade teacher and Evan Watkins as the junior-senior high school math teacher.
• Approved the hiring of Tanner Whit-Hoyo as a volunteer boys basketball coach, Jaela Mesiter as the junior varsity volleyball coach, Terrin Meister as an assistant varsity volleyball coach, Julie Roahring as a substitute custodian, Greg Perrin as a part-time custodian, Victoria Peltz as a part-time custodian and Rachelle Meister as a substitute bus driver and a shuttle bus driver.
