HOSA Students Capture State Medals
Now it’s on to Nationals!

It never gets old, even though it’s the same story every year— North Orange County ROP Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) chapters bring home many medals and high scores from the state conference and competition. 

One Esperanza High School ROP Medical Careers Academy 11^th grade student,
Gurdev Anand, was elected to state office in HOSA. 

The winners are listed below, and a photo gallery follows. 

Cal-HOSA Medalists
March 13, 2010

Name	Event	Medal	Chapter
Adriana Abelar	KT-Concepts of Healthcare	Gold	VN
Angelica Barba	KT-Nutrition	Silver	VN
Kavita Seth	KT-Nutrition	Bronze	VN
Elizabeth Carpio	KT-Pathophysiology	Gold	VN
Lynne Porter	KT-Pharmacology	Gold	VN
Christian Elders	KT-Pharmacology	Gold	Esperanza MSA
Roseanne Deocampo	Medical Math	Bronze	VN-2
Amanda Tynan	Medical Terminology	Silver	VN
John Paulino	Clinical Nursing	Gold	VN
Jessica Gonzalez	Clinical Nursing	Silver	VN
Autumn Estrada	Clinical Nursing	Bronze	VN-2
Amy Garcia	Medical Assisting	Silver	Sonora MCA
Hiram Diaz-Diaz Gabriel Arce	CPR/First Aid	Gold	VN
Lorena Delgado Heather Botelho	CPR/First Aid	Silver	VN-2
Lynne Porter	Extemporaneous Speaking	Gold	VN-2
Roseanne Deocampo	Extemporaneous Writing	Silver	VN-2
Gabriel Arce	Job Seeking Skills	Gold	VN
Autum Estrada	Job Seeking Skills	Silver	VN-2
Adriana Abelar	Job Seeking Skills	Bronze	VN
Maria Janet Valle	Medical Photography	Gold	VN-2
Anthony Voung	Medical Photography	Gold	Esperanza MSA
Kaitlyn Avalos-Catron	Medical Photography	Silver	Esperanza MSA
Christian Elders Phillip Voung	Career Health Display	Bronze	Esperanza MSA
Lauren Caswell Heather Botelho Kelly Huynh	Creative Problem Solving	Bronze	VN-2
Kavita Seth Erin Morgan Elizabeth Carpio Angelica Barba	HOSA Bowl	Gold	VN
Amanda Tynan Ruby Liu Alexandria Ishak Hiram Diaz-Diaz	HOSA Bowl	Silver	VN
Sara Solario Lorena Delgado Maria Janet Alvaro	HOSA Bowl	Bronze	VN-2
Regina Vuong Cathy Pascale John Paulino Jessica Gonzalez	Health Education	Gold	VN
Lynne Porter	KP Healthcare Issues Exam	Gold	VN-2
Heather Botelho Elizabeth Carpio Gabriel Arce Hiram Diaz-Diaz Angelica Barba	KP Healthcare Issues Exam	Mastery Level	VN-2 VN VN VN VN
Gurdev Anand	State Officer	Elected	Esperanza MSA

 
Finalists

Name	Event	Place	Chapter
Muhita Ahmad	Dental Spelling	9th	Esperanza MSA
David Castro	KT-Nutrition	7th	Esperanza MSA
Regina Vuong	Medical Math	5th	VN
Maria Janet Valle	Medical Math	6th	VN-2
Cathy Pascale	Medical Math	8th	VN
Maria Janet Alvaro	Medical Math	9th	VN-2
Ruby Liu	Medical Math	10th	VN
Alexandria Ishak	Medical Spelling	4th	VN
Sara Solario	Medical Spelling	8th	VN-2
Erin Morgan	Medical Terminology	4th	VN
Lauren Caswell	Medical Terminology	5th	VN-2
Kelly Huynh	Clinical Nursing	4th	VN-2
Jennifer Romero	Nursing Assisting	9th	Savanna MCA
Donna Oakland Gurdev Anand Kaela Maheu Hannah Guild	Biomedical Debate	8th	Esperanza MCA
Nico Chavez Jonathan Kien Marcos Munoz Johnny Mora	Biomedical Debate	9th	Savanna MCA
Alejandra Lopez Rocio Cardenas Andrea Hernandez	Creative Problem Solving	7th	Savanna MCA
Pham Tran Josh Mandagie Chau Nguyen Eduardo Munoz	HOSA Bowl	7th	Savanna MCA
Andy Pham David Van Dam Kyle Adamo	Medical Reading	8th	Esperanza MSA
Regina Ang Lee Emily Rowley Cassie Amaya	Medical Reading	10th	Esperanza MSA

Cal-HOSA Photo Gallery

Some of the pictures from the event display ROP’s confident, smiling, students.  Do you see Lynne Porter?  That’s right; she’s an LVN student in her not-quite-retirement.  You’ll notice she brought home three gold medals! 

Congratulations to all of you and thank you to HOSA advisors Elizabeth McPeak, Valerie Easton, Bridget Wulff and Lupe Rodriguez!
 

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Brea Mall Hosts ROP’s Chocolate Tea Party

Rick Royal’s Advanced Baking Students have done it again— created a world of chocolate fantasy that includes characters from Wonderland— Alice, the Cheshire Cat and the Red Queen— as well as a tea party where all the partiers are bunnies!

Many thanks to Swiss Chalet Fine Foods for donating hundreds of pounds of chocolate; the donation allowed students the luxury of creating the wonderful fantasy world. 

You can see the Chocolate Tea Party at the Brea Mall, Lower level,
JCPenny Court until March 31, and then it’s back through the looking glass...
until the next time.  
 

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Legal and Law Enforcement Students
 at Loara High School
Win Public Anti-Smoking Artwork Prizes 

When the request for entries to a bus shelter poster contest came across Legal and Law Enforcement instructor John Siebert’s desk, he thought it would make a good extra credit project for his students.  Sponsored by the Orange County Health Care Agency’s TUPP (Tobacco User Prevention Program), the contest required students to create posters decrying the Hollywood influence on youth to smoke cigarettes. John had no idea three of his Loara High School students would win top prizes in the contest.

Marcela Belmar created one prize-winning bus shelter poster that is displayed at the corner of Euclid and Cerritos, and the team of Tomas Mendoza and Randy Roman created a second prizewinner that graces the bus shelter at Euclid and Sallie in Anaheim.

On Wednesday, March 3, the students were honored at unveilings of their work by the Orange County Health Care Agency'.  The students were presented with certificates and free passes to the movies, as well as small framed copies of their work. Additionally, John Siebert was presented with several framed copies for his classroom and the Loara High School Library.  Karen Nelson, assistant superintendent at North Orange County ROP, and Dr. Nabil Slim, assistant principal at Loara High School, attended the ceremonies. 

 

 

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Miranda Chavira honored at ACSA’s
“Every Student Succeeding” Awards Ceremony

Miranda Chavira, a student at Los Alamitos High School in Kathleen Rea’s Child Development class, was honored Friday, March 19, at the ACSA (Association of California School Administrators) Every Student Succeeding Breakfast Celebration at the Irvine Marriot Hotel.  The recognition program honors students who exceed expectations against extreme odds, and the educators who support them along the way.  

A conscientious student and competitive athlete, Miranda is a team leader and the first to assist others needing help.  Miranda was honored for her tenacity, her spirit and her ability to strive towards her future goals.

Miranda Chavira poses with ROP Superintendent, Michael Worley, Ed.D.
                     
                                                           
               

 

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Susan Souza’s Engineering Team
Second Place Winners in Raytheon Contest

Fullerton’s Raytheon plant invited pre-engineering students from local high schools to participate in a  trebuchet-building contest on February 19 during Engineering Week, The students teamed with Raytheon engineers as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a competitive event involving engineering design and construction.  

Students trebuchets were judged by how far the machine threw a rubber ball.  One of Susan Souza’s ROP Engineering student teams from Sunny Hills High School placed second in the contest. (They said they missed first by mere inches.). 

Sandy Wang, Soohyun Goo and Michael Chung took second place. 
Also participating from the class were Michael Ju, James Park and Albert Han.
 

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ROP Superintendent, Michael Worley, Ed.D. hosts the Superintendent's Advisory Breakfast.

Superintendent’s Advisors Develop “Top Ten” List

Dr. Michael Worley hosted a Superintendent’s Advisory Breakfast at the Education Center Board Room on Friday, February 25.  City officials, Chamber Executives, Business people and board members attended the meeting which was designed to gain input on how to market ROP in tough times.  The group helped to develop the top ten reasons ROP is important to all students.

1. Quality—Engaging instruction providing real life, hands-on experiences

2. Career skills—Industry certifications leading to real jobs and higher pay

3. Pathways—Sequenced classes including bridges to higher education, including UC a-g requirements and articulation to area colleges.

4. Relevance—Students understand the connections between classrooms and the world

5. Accessibility—Easy in, easy out, regional, after school and evenings

6. Equipment—Up-to-date and meets industry standards

7. Leadership Skills—Necessary for careers and higher education

8. Choices—Learning what combination of education/training is necessary to advance in a chosen career and where to obtain it

9. Self-esteem—Accomplishments in ROP classes builds confidence necessary to seek employment and/or further education

10. Affordability—No cost or low cost

The list will be used throughout the year to promote ROP opportunities to parents, community members and educators.

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