Grandview High School students placed third in the state at this year’s Missouri Health Occupations Students of America or HOSA State Leadership Conference. It was held March 24th at the Missouri S & T campus in Rolla, MO. Three GHS HOSA members - Ahmad Coleman, Tim Dunn, and Sidney Skyes- competed in the category of Biomedical Debate. This year's debate topic was "E-cigarettes: More harmful to your health than regular cigarettes".
"Being a part of a leadership conference gave me competition experience as well as leadership experience and medical profession preparation experience. And it was just a bonus to be able to qualify for Nationals," said Sykes.
The purpose of the HOSA organization is to develop leadership and technical HOSA skill competencies through a program of motivation, awareness and recognition, which is an integral part of the Health Science Education instructional program.
"As a first time HOSA competitor I would judge off of first impressions. My first impression about the competition was that it would be encouragement to spread the word about HOSA, increase my participation in HOSA, and use things like HOSA to help me to prepare for my future medical career," said Dunn.
The top three teams in each category are now qualified to attend the National HOSA Leadership Conference which will be held in Anaheim, California June 24-28, 2015. Congratulations to these Bulldogs and good luck at nationals!
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