Churchill County High School senior Tabitha Brockelsby practices taking coordinator Sue Segura’s blood pressure during a Certified Nursing Assistant class.
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Work-Based Learning Coordinator Sue Segura is taking 21 Churchill County High School sophomores and juniors to visit the campuses of Stanford University and California Polytechnic State University in April.
CCHS and Oasis Academy hosted a Stanford University recruiter last September. Segura said 143 students attended the presentation where they learned the grade point average, ACT scores and other requirements needed for acceptance.
To qualify for the trip, the students were required to have a current 4.0 GPA and a 95% school attendance rate. Also, they each had to write an essay introducing themselves to a future college roommate and turn it in to Segura.
The students will travel by charter bus sponsored by Rambling River Ranches, Broken Arrow Ranch and My Ride Charters. Stanford and Cal Poly have both committed tour guides who will take the students through the schools’ facilities, academic programs and student services over the two days.
The group’s stay at the Harris Ranch Inn has been funded by a grant. They will also be treated to a steak dinner at the inn sponsored by New Millennium Building Systems, stop at Avila Beach and tour the Madonna Inn before returning home.
Segura said she is looking forward to the trip and the potential impact it can have on the students’ impressions of a quality university experience.
CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT COURSE
Churchill County High School senior Tabitha Brockelsby is one of seven students in the school’s Certified Nursing Assistant course set to graduate in May with the necessary credentials to work in a medical facility.
Currently, the course runs through a partnership between CCHS and Truckee Meadows Community College. The district’s Work-Based Learning Coordinator Sue Segura said 15 students have already registered for next year, when CCHS will partner locally with Western Nevada College, Fallon.
“WNC is thrilled to be expanding our partnership (with CCHS) and keeping tuition dollars within Churchill County,” Lisa Gallo Swan, director of the Fallon campus and rural outreach, said. “The strong interest in the CNA class is wonderful to see, and we are eager to support all participants as they take this important step toward careers in healthcare.”