Area 30 students earn high marks at HOSA conference

The following students recently competed in the Indiana State Leadership conference for Health Occupations Students of America in Indianapolis, (front, left) Ciara Cope, Savannah Howard, Lexi Hardy, Trinity Foster, Sharie Campbel, (middle row, left) Olivia Zarate, Rebecca Muse, Michaela Williams, Callan Taylor, Marlee Nichols, Courtney Adams, Kennedy Downing, Meghan Dickey, (back row, left) Nate Tesmer, Cameron Hinton, Joseph French, Quentin Humbarger, Tucker Lowe and Sydney Smiley. Not pictured are Shelbi Cash and Morgan Boden.

Twenty-one students from the Area 30 Career Center recently took part in the Indiana State Leadership conference for Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA).

Students from Health Careers, CNA and EMT classes spent two nights and three days at the Sheraton Hotel at Keystone at the Crossing in Indianapolis competing with more than 600 students from other career centers throughout Indiana.

Competitive event areas included Creative Problem Solving, Job Seeking Skills, Health Education, Extemporaneous Health Poster, Extemporaneous Speaking, Medical Reading, EMT, Nursing Assistant and Home Health Aid Skills. Students also competed by taking knowledge tests on Nutrition, Growth and Development, Pathophysiology, Medical Terminology, Medical Math, Medical Spelling and Pharmacology.

The following Area 30 students earned medals and top-10 finishes:

Health Education Top 10 Finishers:

Ciara Cope and Olivia Zarate -- Second place medal winners

Growth and Development Top 10 Finisher:

Michaela Williams --Third place medal winner

Medical Terminology Top 10 Finisher:

Olivia Zarate

Home Health Aide Skills Top 10 Finishers:

Rebecca Muse -- Third place medal winner

Callan Taylor

Cameron Hinton

Nate Tesmer

Marlee Nichols

EMT Skills Top 10 Finishers:

Joseph French

Quentin Humbarger

Medical Reading Top 10 Finisher:

Trinity Foster

Medical Math Top 10 Finisher:

Courtney Adams

Extemporaneous Speaking Top 10 Finisher:

Nate Tesmer

Job Seeking Skills Top 10 Finisher:

Tucker Lowe -- Second place medal winner

Creative Problem Solving Top 10 Finishers:

Marlee Nichols

Callan Taylor

Cameron Hinton

Sydney Smiley