CAVIAT Students at State Competition

Guest Blog Post by Nick Siskonen, AmeriCorps STEM VISTA, CAVIAT

Every student enrolled in our CAVIAT programs has the opportunity to participate in a Career and Technical Student Organization (CTSO). These organizations provide scholarships, competitions, leadership opportunities and so much more that enriches the life and learning of our students.

Some of our students are traveling to the Arizona state competition hosted by the CTSO, HOSA - Future Health Professionals. HOSA is an international organization focused on developing character and technical skill competencies for members, to uplift current and future people in the health professions.

Zachary Ashland, Elizabeth Strones, and Antonia Green of the iCREATE Bioscience Program

Our students are there to compete in a variety of subject matters. Madison Stump, of the Medical Professions program, is competing in the Behavioral Health event. Cylie John, also in the Medical Professions program, is taking the Medical Law and Ethics test. Dakota Palmer, of the Veterinary Assistant program, is doing the Veterinary Science skills test. Zachary Ashland and Elizabeth Strones, from the Bioscience program, are both taking part in the Medical Innovation event, and their classmate Antonia Green is taking the Biomedical Laboratory Sciences test.

Sharon Hebestreit (Vet instructor), Dakota Palmer, Madison Stump, Cylie John, and Beth Chesterman (Med instructor)

To qualify for this week's state competition, students took an online test which covered a wide variety of topics from their program's curriculum. Only top scoring students are allowed to attend the state competition and earn the chance to move on to the international competition at the International Leadership Conference, which takes place at the end of June.

The state competition this year is taking place in Tucson, from April 2nd through April 4th. Let's cheer them all on to victory!

And not to be left out of the fun, this week our Fashion Design and Merchandising program is headed off to Los Angeles! They're going to visit the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising and the LA fashion district. They've been fundraising for this trip all year, and all the hard work has finally paid off.

Raniyah Kenneth, Veronica Koinva, Sierra Smith, Malana Jensen, and Jasmin Nuevo of the Fashion Design and Merchandising program