Career & Technical students score wins at state HOSA competition

The student organization Health Occupational Students of America (HOSA) state leadership competition was recently held in Jackson.

The Career and Technical Center at New Albany High School had twenty-three students to participate in the HOSA competition. Hailey Adsit, Casey Clark, and Demetria Shumpert placed 1^st in Public Service Announcement; Shannon Boyd and Jack Durrett placed 2^nd in Community Emergency Team; Shelby Allen placed 1^st in Transcultural Health Care; Bethany Farrar placed 3^rd in Dental Assisting; Tabitha Greenwood placed 4^th in Nursing Assisting; and Brooke Moody placed 3^rd in Clinical Nursing.

These students are eligible to compete at the HOSA International Leadership Competition in June. The HOSA International Leadership Competition will be held in Orlando, FL. Along with the opportunity to compete, they have also earned a total of $30,000 in scholarship money. April Voyles is the Health Science instructor and also serves as the HOSA advisor.

Mississippi HOSA Competition  (Click to enlarge/download photos)

First row l-r: Sydney Collier, Alex Criswell, Shannon Boyd, Tabitha Greenwood; second row l-r: Hailey Adsit, Jack Durrett, and Brooke Moody.

Natalie Robbins, Zach Sanford, Hayley Ferguson; not pictured: Bethany Farrar and Madeline Flake

First row l-r: Casey Clark, Alyssa Greer, Citlaly Avila, Anna Self; second row l-r: Shelby Allen, Bailey Feathers, Amber Jarvis; third row: Hayden Johnson; and not pictured: Demetria Shumpert, Karlie Topper, and Erica Gregory.

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