| PALM BEACH GARDENS PRE-MEDICINE MAGNET STUDENTS EXCELLED AT FLORIDA STATE HOSA COMPETITION Palm Beach Gardens Pre-Medicine Magnet students attended the HOSA (Health Occupations Students of America) State Leadership Conference (SLC) in Jacksonville, Florida. Over twenty eight hundred HOSA students and advisors participated in the competition held April 4-7, 2002. PBGHS had the largest delegation representing Region 9 with ninety seven students. Forty-four students placed first through fifth in their individual competition. Thirty four students received the gold, silver or bronze and are eligible to compete and the HOSA National competition to be held in Anaheim, CA., June 26-29, 2002. The recipients of the HOSA State Leadership Conference medals include: First in the State: Outstanding HOSA Chapter (Chapter Newsletter) –Yeon Kim National Healthcare Issues Exam: Ruth Gaunt Pathophysiology Knowledge Test: Ruth Gaunt Human Growth and Development Knowledge Test: Micheca St. Hilaire Nutrition Knowledge Test: Vi Tran Dental Terminology: Angela Macri Extemporaneous Health Poster: Eleni Derez Researched Persuasive Speaking: Jessica Kahn Second in the State: National Healthcare Issues Exam: Jacob Thomas Dental Terminology: Raminder Khangura Nutrition Knowledge Test: Christina Truglio Pharmacology Knowledge Test: Amanda Steele Extemporaneous Writing: Jen Tyler Community Awareness: Sarah Little and Michelina de la Maza Career Health Display: Missy and Josh Marks Biomedical Debate: Charanpreet Khangura, Marjorie Pierre, Jacob Thomas, Hilary Weier Third in the State: National Healthcare Issues Exam: Michael Alosso Pathophysiology Knowledge Test: Lisa Durning Pharmacology Knowledge Test: Michael Alosso HOSA Bowl: Theresa Joyce, Aysa Gray, Nicole Minns, Racquel Rolle Parliamentary Procedures: Megan Sirjane-Samples, Jamie Slappy, Amy Monk, Mona Bhatti, Anjali Moorjani, Jessica Joyner Biomedical Debate: Daniel Brown, Ajay Kattel, Leonard Holton, Jessica Gagnon Fourth in the State: National Healthcare Issues Exam: Anthony Nguyen Dental Terminology: Joe Sconzo Medical Terminology: Priya Kakkar Pharmacology Knowledge Test: Maria Antoun Creative Problem Solving: Rachel Scarafia, Leanne Whetstone, Andrea Fondanova, Kathryn Saxby Chapter Newsletter: Raminder Khangura Medical Spelling-Katie O’Mahoney Fifth in the State: Medical Spelling-Joseph Gregory Health Education-Anthony Nguyen, Alexander Skomra National Health Care Issues-Fahim Kabir The PBGHS HOSA Advisors and Pre-Medicine Magnet Instructors, Mrs. Karen Kissel and Mrs. Sharleen Scarafia attended the HOSA SLC 2002 with the ninety-seven students. Also chaperoning were teachers Mrs. Terry Pitchford, Mrs. Cheryl Saxby, Mrs. Carol Winig and Mr. John Day in addition to Mrs. Debbie Truglio, Mr. John Kissel, Ms. Karen Durning, Mrs. Betty de la Maza and Ms. Tamara Vivas. |
| PALM BEACH GARDENS HOSA STUDENTS QUALIFY TO ATTEND STATE CONFERENCE IN ORLANDO The Palm Beach Gardens High School Chapter of Health Occupations Students of America, (HOSA), competed against six schools at the 2001 HOSA Region 9 Conference held in Vero Beach, FL. PBGHS had the largest delegation of students at the conference. Sixty-five PBGHS students earned gold, silver or bronze medals to qualify to compete at the HOSA State Leadership Conference (SLC). The HOSA State Leadership Conference is to be held in Orlando March 31-April 3. This competition and conference is designed to test the students’ medical knowledge and skills as well as enhance their leadership skills. The students who have qualified to attend SLC are: SENIORS: Rose Le, Colleen Topper, Kristina Seader, Lisa Kenigsberg, Jamie Elsner, Shannon DeMond, Tran Nguyen, Adrienne Keelor, Kari Edelson, Vicky Szabo, Kelly Simcich, Jeanine Chesnes, Thu Tran, Shanteria, Dixon, Magaly Wong, Dustin Cohen, David Rosen, Andrew Mallon, Steven Shakespeare, Josh Melko, John Tyson, Vineet Venugopal and Christian Marchica. JUNIORS: Jen Tyler, Amanda Steele, Nisha Broodie, Jamie Guley, Miral Patel, Hong Duong, Christina Truglio, Priya Kakkar, Ruth Gaunt, Missy Marks, Jamie Cowell, Edvardo Archer, Ben Childs, Josh Marks, Ripal Patel, Lucas Amaral, Chris Marchica, John Abdul and Jason Appel. SOPHOMORES: Jaclyn Flierl, Jessica Kahn, Karen DeRogatis, Rosaline Docteur, Delphine Beaubrun, Jessica Gagnon, Katherine Tang, Adham Rashwan, Peter Brannen, Daniel Brown, Vivek Patel, Grant Vatter, Leonard Holton FRESHMAN: Heather D'Antonio, Grant Beems, Katie O'Mahoney, Amanda Acosta, Mona Bhatti, Arieann DeFazio, Yeon Kim, Raminder Khangura, Hiliary Weier, Majorie Pierre Many thanks to the following who helped Mrs. Kissel by serving as chaperones, judges and event chairs: Mr. Falk, Mr. Kissel, Mrs. Truglio, Mr. Traugh, Mrs. Saxby, Mrs. Pitchford, Mr. Schuett, Mrs. Scarafia, Ms. Bishop and alumni HOSA members Amanda Norley, Jill Levy and Karen Saxby. |
| HOSA State Qualifiers 2001 |
| HOSA STATE QUALIFIERS 2002 |