This will be a multi-part series highlighting some of the activities of students in Bulloch County’s Career Technical & Agricultural Education (CTAE) program. All information is provided by Bulloch County Schools.
The purpose of Bulloch County Schools’ Career Technical and Agricultural Education (CTAE) program is to prepare students for successful careers and build an educated, skilled, and efficient workforce for economic growth in Bulloch County.
The system’s career clusters, career pathways and student technical organizations are the core of CTAE. The classroom instruction and student-led chapters of national technical organizations help the school system leverage partnerships with local businesses, industries, and institutes of higher learning. This helps our youth explore options, learn new skills, and apply those skills in their careers.
Read on to learn more about students participating in Bulloch’s Health Science Career Cluster.
Healthcare Students learn the importance of proper protection
Healthcare students learned how to use personal protective equipment (PPE) for infection control. PPE includes protective clothing, gloves, face shields, goggles, facemasks and/or respirators or other equipment designed to protect healthcare professionals from injury or the spread of infection or illness. PPE is commonly used in healthcare settings such as hospitals, doctor's offices and clinical labs. When used properly, PPE acts as a barrier between infectious materials such as viral and bacterial contaminants and a healthcare professional's skin, mouth, nose, or eyes (mucous membranes).
Healthcare Sciences students attend HOSA Attends Leadership Conference
On March 11, a group of Southeast Bulloch High students traveled to Atlanta, to compete in the HOSA State Leadership Conference. The event is the largest state conference in the world with over 4,000 student members, advisors, industry partners, and guests in attendance.
In order to compete, the students had to test and qualify. The following SEBHS HOSA members participated: Abbee Aviles, Jasmine Barnaby, Madeline Brown, Jimma Lana Jenkins, Alyssa Jeter, Alecia Johnson, Thom Mortimore, Jer’Ryiiah Palmer, Zarria Penix, Shumya Pickney, Dylan Smith, and Ethel Tugwell.
Regionals result from the conference were the following:
- Alyssa Jeter, Thom Mortimore, & Suhmya Pinckney - First Place Biomedical Debate
- Alecia Johnson - First Place Clinical Nursing
- Lana Jenkins - Second Place Sports Medicine
- Abbee Aviles & Ella Gawthrop - Third Place CPR & First Aid
- Rebecca Dilas - Second Place Dental Terminology
- Gabby Newsome - Second Place Epidemiology
- Hannah Kimball & Valerie Perkins - First Place Forensic Science
- Jer’Ryiiah Palmer & Ethel Tugwell - First Place Health Career Display
- Katie Brantley - Second Place Medical Math
- Emma Grace Lowe - First Place Medical Reading
- Dylan Smith - Second Place Medical Terminology
- Jasmine Barnaby - First Place Sports Medicine
After competing in the first round of the conference, Alecia Johnson continued onto the second round placing 9th in Clinical Nursing, and Madeline Brown moved on to place 7th in Clinical Speciality. Zarria Penix, Katie Brantley, and Rebecca Dilas were awarded GA HOSA scholarships.
No bones about it; Learning happens in Essentials of Healthcare
Essentials of Healthcare students created 3-D skeletons as part a skeletal system unit. When creating their model students had to create and identify each of the major bones in the human skeleton. Essentials of Healthcare is the second course in the Therapeutic Services Allied Health and Medicine pathway. Students completing Essentials of Healthcare earn two credits - one elective credit and one science credit: Anatomy and Physiology.
Visit the SEBHS Health Sciences online album to see even more photos.
