Health Science Programs Revamped At Wawasee
April 19, 2018 at 4:56 p.m.
By Mark [email protected]
The new plan was presented at Tuesday’s school board meeting.
The previous program had just three students in it, and Everingham said the new plan will be divided into two semesters. The first will be a primary health class to be taught in a no-cost-to-the-school partnership with Premier Nursing Academy.
In the second semester, a health science class will be offered. A version of the program will also be available to adult learners.
Everingham said the new program, which will include students from Fairfield, Goshen and West Noble schools, can allow students to be licensed as CNAs. He added that a senior care facility in Goshen is ready to open, but it can’t find enough CNAs to staff it.
Typically CNAs have an entry-level wage of around $14 per hour. Everingham said that many times a CNA will go on to get the additional training needed to become registered nurses. When asked, he said the courses can also be a gateway to emergency medical technician training.
Everingham also said the cooperative’s welding program is expanding to handle additional students.
Jim Flecker, director of personnel and legal services for the school corporation, said Milford School will see a significant facelift on both the elementary and middle school sides. New bleachers have been installed in the middle school gym and the floor was resurfaced. Flecker said that was done during the school year to save money and ensure the work was done on time; companies that do that type of work are especially busy in the summer months.
Other improvements will include new carpeting on both sides of the school as well as painting walls, replacing ceiling tiles and some desks and remodeling the entrance to the middle school.
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North Webster kindergarten teacher Laurie Fredericks, assisted by students Wyatt Phillips and Olivia Wake, gave the board a presentation of their tower garden. The tower was paid for with a grant from the K21 Health Foundation, allowing students to study how lettuce grows. The students also tasted their crop, and sold most of the lettuce as a fundraiser. The class combined the sales with donations to give a family a $100 gas card, which was used to visit a sick family member in a hospital.
More than 400 people attended a family night event March 15 at North Webster Elementary. The featured speaker was Jim “Basketball” Jones, who also performed tricks with a ball.
The new plan was presented at Tuesday’s school board meeting.
The previous program had just three students in it, and Everingham said the new plan will be divided into two semesters. The first will be a primary health class to be taught in a no-cost-to-the-school partnership with Premier Nursing Academy.
In the second semester, a health science class will be offered. A version of the program will also be available to adult learners.
Everingham said the new program, which will include students from Fairfield, Goshen and West Noble schools, can allow students to be licensed as CNAs. He added that a senior care facility in Goshen is ready to open, but it can’t find enough CNAs to staff it.
Typically CNAs have an entry-level wage of around $14 per hour. Everingham said that many times a CNA will go on to get the additional training needed to become registered nurses. When asked, he said the courses can also be a gateway to emergency medical technician training.
Everingham also said the cooperative’s welding program is expanding to handle additional students.
Jim Flecker, director of personnel and legal services for the school corporation, said Milford School will see a significant facelift on both the elementary and middle school sides. New bleachers have been installed in the middle school gym and the floor was resurfaced. Flecker said that was done during the school year to save money and ensure the work was done on time; companies that do that type of work are especially busy in the summer months.
Other improvements will include new carpeting on both sides of the school as well as painting walls, replacing ceiling tiles and some desks and remodeling the entrance to the middle school.
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North Webster kindergarten teacher Laurie Fredericks, assisted by students Wyatt Phillips and Olivia Wake, gave the board a presentation of their tower garden. The tower was paid for with a grant from the K21 Health Foundation, allowing students to study how lettuce grows. The students also tasted their crop, and sold most of the lettuce as a fundraiser. The class combined the sales with donations to give a family a $100 gas card, which was used to visit a sick family member in a hospital.
More than 400 people attended a family night event March 15 at North Webster Elementary. The featured speaker was Jim “Basketball” Jones, who also performed tricks with a ball.
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