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March 28, 2019 | Volume 4, Issue 12
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Scrubbed in: Leeds High School preps students for jobs in health care BY BLAKE ELLS
Special to the Leeds Tribune For the last three years at Leeds High School, students have had an opportunity to receive hands-on medical training through health sciences. More than 300 students have taken part in the program since it was started by health sciences instructor Shannon Logan in 2017, who came to Leeds High
School to teach after being a nurse at Brookwood Medical Center. This year, there are 100 students enrolled in the program. The classes are held during normal school hours and cover topics from Foundations of Health Science, a broad overview of careers and facilities in the medical profession, to Human Body Structures and Functions, which is similar to a
Leeds High School’s 2019 class of HOSA students learning the health care industry. traditional anatomy class. They also learn Patient Care Tech, a more advanced class that prepares students to actually work in hospitals. At the end of all classes, students have an opportunity to earn CPR certification, and at the end of the Patient Care Tech class, can get certified as patient care tech professionals. Patient Care Tech is only offered to seniors, and the students have to apply for entry. Many of the students that have succeeded in the class have gone on to work at local hospitals like UAB. The program is part of HOSA: Future Health Professionals, a national organization formerly an acronym for Health Occupations Students of America. There are 242 similar programs in Alabama high schools and 312 teachers. Jefferson County is home to 25 such programs. “HOSA is an integral part
Students learn to run IVs in HOSA classes.
of our program,” Logan said. “Our students do competitive events related to the medical field – medical math, medical terminology, health education, health career photography, biomedical debate.” There are 59 to choose from. After taking 16 students to the State Leadership Conference in February, Leeds has 11 students and chaperones going to the HOSA International Leadership Conference this June in Orlando. Dana Stringer is the state adviser for HOSA. “HOSA is a very adaptable tool that allows instructors to teach those much-needed softskills,” she said. “It also provides a route for students to further their knowledge in an area of their own choosing. The HOSA guidelines and rubrics can easily be incorporated into lessons and pro-
Teacher Shannon Logan, right, started the HOSA program three years ago and teaches students CPR with help from Leeds Fire Chief Chuck See HIGH SCHOOL, Page 7 Parsons, left.
Miss Leeds Area hosts car show that’s close to her heart BY KARIM SHAMSI-BASHA Leeds Tribune Staff
Car shows hold a special place in the heart of Miss Leeds Area Braidyn Lazenby. It’s where she and her father, Brooks, would bond when she
was a child. After losing him to a sudden heart attack, she made fundraising for the American Heart Association a mission. Last weekend, she organized a car show at the Outlet
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Hundreds of cyclists rode the streets of Leeds and Birmingham as part of a fundraiser ride.
Cyclists crisscross Leeds for cancer
Dozens of old cars were on display at the car show.
BY KARIM SHAMSI-BASHA Leeds Tribune Staff
Miss Leeds Area Braidyn Lazenby organized a car show at Outlet Shops of Grand River in Leeds to raise money for the American Heart Association.
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Hundreds of cyclists from 15 sates, including California, New York, and Massachusetts were on Leeds roads this past weekend as part of the Magic City Cycliad. The event raised money for the O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at UAB. “We have bikers from all over this country here to raise money and awareness
for cancer,” Drew Read said. Read is the executive director of the Deep South Cancer Foundation. The group helps people overcome the everyday barriers that cancer creates. The ride costs cyclists nothing to participate, and they raised their own donations. Last year, a total of $297,000 was collected and given to the O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center.
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