Jewel Knipe, a Senior at Fulton High School works with elderly patients doing resident work. She says, “You can earn your Certified Nursing Assistant or CNA license through this class and can get hands-on experience that will benefit you as you continue in the medical field.” The course requires 100 hours of supervised on the job training, most will be outside the classroom and school day. A few juniors in the program including Taylor Brown, Nevaeh Johnson and Megan McCurdy, plan to use their CNA to work throughout the rest of their high school years. Megan McCurdy says the CNA helps her to learn how to communicate with future patients to help her throughout college and her career. Many of the graduating seniors in this program are working their way through college, it’s only because of this program that many of these students get these benefits of working good jobs in healthcare to help pay their way through college. So, if you’re looking for a health program that will prepare you for the workforce and beyond, then the Health Sciences program at Hart Career Center is the perfect program for you!

This week we sent a number of students to compete in the SkillsUSA state competition held at State Technical College of Missouri. These students include Abigail Stitt and Link Goins of North Callaway both competing in information technology services, Chase McCurdy of Community R-6 competing in automotive maintenance and light repair, Isaac Todd of Wellsville-Middletown R-1 competing in welding, Aurora Vines of Mexico competing in advertising design, Robert Tre Higgins competing in t-shirt design, Alex Hutsell of Montgomery County competing in promotional bulletin board and sublimation, Ruby Cox of Montgomery County competing in promotional bulletin board and photography, Sara Meyer of Montgomery County competing in vinyl sign making, Sydney Wyman of Mexico competing in promotional bulletin board and vinyl sign making, Trinity Bush of Mexico competing in vinyl sign making, Zachary Arnold of Mexico competing in computer programming, and Hunter Love and Zane Meyer of Mexico both competing in diesel equipment technology.