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Thursday, October 31, 2013
Aiding CMAs
Local facility offering discounted CMA courses By KAYLA BANZET The Iola Register
GRADE SCHOOL GHOULS
Above, Jefferson Elementary School students line up in the gymnasium this morning, sporting their best Halloween attire. The students took turns describing their costumes to a crowded room of friends and family. At left, Eli Adams, left, Eden Winkler, and Crystal Lindsey walk through the Lincoln Elementary gym. Below, McKinley Elementary School, first-graders Issac Jordan and Amiya Walton parade in their costumes in between rain drops. PHOTOS BY STEVEN SCHWARTZ, KAYLA BANZET AND RICHARD LUKEN
More and more people are taking the necessary steps to enter the medical field. The interest in becoming a certified medication assistant as a career option has become quite popular in the local area. Certified medication assistants or CMAs help dispense medication to patients in health-care facilities. Fountain Villa is a residential care facility on North Kentucky Street in Iola. It has designed a CMA course this fall for those interested in becoming certified. Sometimes courses can be costly for a participant which could keep them from pursuing the career choice.
There’s always people who want to do it but sometimes those who are interested can’t afford the courses. We thought we could teach more aides and bring more jobs and revenue to the area. —Meredith Rogers, Fountain Villa operator
“There’s always people who want to do it but sometimes those who are interested can’t afford the courses,” Meredith Rogers, Fountain Villa operator said. The course that Fountain Villa has designed costs $275 per person — courses can be as much as $800 elsewhere. This price includes all the materials needed for the course. Fountain Villa wanted to offer this course as an alternative to a community college course. “We thought we could teach more aides and bring more jobs and revenue to the area,” Rogers said. So far, Rogers said there are 13 participants enrolled. Some are from out of town. She said the cost of the class will help pay for the nurse/instructor. Taking CMA classes is a way to See CMA | Page A4
Bridging the age gap By STEVEN SCHWARTZ steven@iolaregister.com
One classroom at Allen Community College is offering a glimpse into the form of modern education, and what it may be in the future. Christy Cutshaw’s classroom number is B24, and inside its walls is quite a range of students. There are high school students as young as 15, traditional college-age students and non-traditional students as old as 50. “I have never taught like this,” Cutshaw said, while sitting in her classroom. She is a computer science instructor with the college, and has been working with ACC since 2010. The high school students are a group of five who commute from Altoona-Midway High School five days a week since August. Every afternoon, they load up in a bus and make the 35-minute drive to the Al-
len campus for their computer class with Cutshaw. Dean Phillips, one of the students from Altoona, said the idea was introduced to him through their advisor, and he was intrigued by it. He said he appreciates the cooperative learning environment a more “mature” classroom can offer. “It’s more mature than at high school. I can get more done,” Phillips said. “It’s your own choice to be here.” ON WEDNESDAY afternoon, the ACC and Altoona students were spending their 80-minute foundations of graphic design class time working on assorted projects. The high school students and college students were scattered around the room, in no particular order.
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Altoona-Midway High School students Seann Blair, left, and Kyle Anderson attend a foundation of graphics design course at Allen Community College. Christy Cutshaw’s See CLASS | Page A4 computer courses serve 15- to 50-year-old students. REGISTER/STEVEN SCHWARTZ
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