FFX Co. Public School HVACR program - CO poisoning Awareness

October 24, 2007  --  Got something to say?
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For you attention regarding Fairfax County Public School students from the Heating Ventiliation Air Conditioning and Refrigeration program at Edison Academy. Student’s are conducting a carbon monoxide poisoning awareness project . Presentation details are in the attached release.

NOTE: The HVAC program is the only one of it’s kind in Fairfax County’s Public Schools and the students involved in this project who attend Edison Academy come from 14 Fairfax County Area High Schools to study in the program. Those schools are:
Annandale
Bryant Learning Center
Falls Church High School
Hayfield Secondary School
Lake Braddock
Lee High School
Mount Vernon High School
Quander Center
South County High School
Stuart High School
West Potomac High School
West Springfield High School
Woodson High School
and Edison High School.

Genie Williford
Career Experience Specialist
Edison Academy for International Studies, Business and Engineering, and Scientific Technology
703-924-8154
eugenia.williford@fcps.edu

See press release below for information on Carbon Monoxide Poisoning High School Awareness Program.

For Immediate Release:

October 23, 2007

Contact:

Robert Stringham, Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning Instructor

Edison Academy, Fairfax County Public Schools

5801 Franconia Road, Alexandria, Virginia 22310

Main Office: (703) 924-8100 Direct Line: (703) 924-8112

Robert.Stingham@fcps.edu
Students Raise Awareness of the Dangers of Carbon Monoxide

Fairfax County students attending the Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning class at Edison Academy in Alexandria, Virginia are reaching out to their community to raise awareness of the dangers of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning. In June Mr. Robert Stringham, the HVAC teacher, obtained a grant for $10,000 through a partnership between Lowes Corporation and Skills USA for the purpose of informing the community of the dangers of CO poisoning and to distribute CO detectors to those in need.

On Saturday, October 27th students will be at Lowes in Woodbridge, Virginia for a check presentation ceremony and will conduct four workshops from 10:00 am until noon. The first workshop will begin immediately after the ceremony and the others will follow at 10:30 am, 11:00 am and 11:30 am. Students will inform Lowes customers of the dangers of CO poisoning from household appliances and generators. Students will also demonstrate how to properly install a CO detector and will have CO detectors to give to the first 100 people attending the workshop. Carbon monoxide kills at least 500 people every year and sends 50,000 more to hospital emergency rooms for treatment. Come and learn more.

Students have been busy conducting workshops for parents at back-to-school night, Edison High Schools PTSA, Fairfax County guidance counselors, Edison High School staff and attendees at the Virginia State Fair. More than 100 CO detectors were distributed to the attendees of these workshops. Other workshops are planned for elementary schools and Rotary clubs. Public service announcements are also planned on local radio stations.

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