Climate change poses fundamental threats to humans, especially students. The researchers carried out a descriptive Qualitative case study with 34 participants and a secondary school setting. In-depth interviews were done with school administrators, teachers, and support staff, (some of these were parents of learners). Two focus group discussions were carried out, one with Boarding students and the other with Day scholars. Findings indicate that although climate change has a host of negative impacts on students, there are some positive impacts that emerged from their experience. Major themes that emerged were the direct and indirect impacts of climate change on the students. The major impact was on the students and the physical environment and this cascaded to affect the economy. Students’ health and students’ academics. This, in turn, led to other emerging themes emanating from how these direct impacts influenced the students’ social and psychological well-being. Other themes that emerged are the coping strategies. As the community accepts the fact that climate change is here to stay, they come up with strategies for surviving through climate change and developing resilience. They learnt to be a caring community, the school offering food to all day scholar students and providing piece jobs to some parents so they keep their children in school. In brief, 4 themes emerged from this study. These are: direct impacts, indirect impacts, coping strategies, and developing resilience and a caring community. The study recommends adequate disaster preparedness in schools and communities to ensure they develop coping strategies in case of other future crises.
