Healthy Lifestyles and Wellness is promoted in our schools through the Medical Sciences Academies at the middle and high school level. The Medical Sciences Academies offer an innovative, sequential and integrated learning environment designed to provide students with an academic foundation in basic health sciences including the study of diseases and disorders (such as childhood obesity, hypertension and diabetes), structure and function, occupational hazards, and educational requirements and information concerning the practices for promoting good health. It provides all students with a motivating, skill-based curriculum which teaches the medical skills and training necessary to succeed in post-secondary health career education and/or to successfully transition into the healthcare workforce. With the demand and shortage in health care, students will have endless opportunities and high paying jobs in the medical field.

The Medical Sciences Academies in middle school follow an honors curriculum preparing students to be highly competitive in the medical field. Students take high school credit courses including Medical Skills & Services and Algebra 1. Students become certified in First Aid and CPR in addition to completing a supervised medical internship. Medical Academy students in high school also follow an honors curriculum and may select their program of choice leading to industry certifications and complete programs in the following pathways:

• default_titleAllied Health Assisting – Certified Administrative Medical Assistant
• default_titleElectrocardiograph Aide – Certified EKG Technician
• default_titleEmergency Medical Responder – Emergency Medical Responder and/or Technician (EMT)
• default_titleHealth and Wellness – Certified Personal Trainer
• default_titleHealth Unit Coordinator – Certified Health Unit Coordinator
• default_titleHome Health Aide – Certified Patient Care Technician
• default_titleMedical Lab Assistant – Certified Phlebotomy Technician and/or Certified Lab Assistant
• default_titleNursing Assistant – Certified Nursing Assistant
• default_titlePharmacy Technician – Certified Pharmacy Technician
• default_titlePractical Nursing – Certified Nursing Assistant and Licensed Practical Nurse
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Students graduate from the Medical Academies Career and College Ready and as a certified and/or licensed health care provider. Students may achieve multiple certifications allowing them to get an immediate job in the medical field.

Continuing the commitment begun in the middle school programs, high school culinary arts students develop higher level knowledge and skills through safety and sanitation, healthy methods of food preparation and menu development, and earning industry certifications in SafeFood Handling, ServSafe and the National ProStart Certificate of Achievement. Combining food chemistry with nutrition and food preparation, these programs further develop students’ awareness and commitment to healthier eating habits and a personal wellness plan.

These career academies continue concepts learned in the middle school. High school students complete Health, Safety and Nutrition, one of the six components needed towards earning a staff credential from the Department of Children and Families (DCF). Focusing on nutritional requirements as it relates to young children, students integrate this knowledge into the onsite preschools. This allows them to teach pre-schoolers about proper nutritional habits and exercise, thereby starting the process of developing personal wellness plans.

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