HOYA 2 March/April Article
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The HOYA 2 students are on the downhill slide before they reach the ultimate goal post of high school graduation!! They are keeping extremely busy and avoiding the plague of senioritis. I am confident that these young people will maintain their focus even as the weather gets warmer and graduation creeps closer.
HOYA 2 students are continuing to use their critical thinking skills by doing situational assignments where they interact as CNAs and potential healthcare professionals via their online workbook. This allows a much more accurate illustration of what they can expect as they progress through their career paths..
We have completed our cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive system units with student presentations of different cardiac disease processes next week. This has been an interesting unit as we were able to dissect 3 venison hearts, livers, lungs, trachea and esophagus that were donated by HOYA students, Kendra Kuhlemeier, Caily Richardson, and St John’s Director of Congregational Life, Pam Wessel and her husband, Dan. Students were a little squeamish at the beginning of the activity but then the fun began. Not everyone realized the size and toughness of the trachea; which we were able to witness during the dissection. Students were able to view the pericardium, the 4 chambers of a heart as well as the valves. They also found food in the esophagus and a bit of bile in one of the liver ducts.
The students are working on this month’s Community Health Bulletin board which will focus on Stress Awareness and Management. April will be just as busy as we attempt to finish up the remaining modules of Medical Terminology. As we study the integumentary system, students will be working in groups and simulating different wounds.