Friday, May 31, 2013

HSB Class of 2013 !

Here are our proud graduates of the HSB pathway- Keep making Piner Proud of all of your accomplishments !
And here is my friend Rashna...shaking my biceps off !!

Here is our latest newsetter

Health and Science Investigation Pathway.

 


              We are proud to present the graduates of our HSI pathway. Each student ** has completed 2-3 years of challenging curriculum in addition to the required internship hours. The following list shows the exciting next step for our graduates !! Good luck !

Student

Community Internship
Future plans….
Jessica Aguilar **
Monica Okuhbo SRJC
SRJC> UOP or SJSU- Kinesiology
Keishla Batista **
Vista Clinic – Family Medicine
4 year college – RN or Nurse practioner
Devyn Breslin
Kaiser: ICU- Pulmonary
Santa Rosa Junior College- EMT ? DB degree
Jonathan Campos **
Vista Clinic – Family Medicine
4 year college- Professional soccer
Jennifer Gonzales**
Vista Clinic – Family Medicine
 Santa Rosa Junior College> 4 year: Biology
Ivonne Gutierrez **
Kaiser- Occupational medicine
SRJC> Psychologist
Gissell Jacome
Vista Clinic – Family Medicine
UC Santa Cruz- Health Science major
Pardeep Kaur **
Kaiser - Orthopedics
Santa Rosa Junior College
Mercedes
 Koumarianos **
Kaiser: admitting and  nutrition and Family Medicine
Santa Rosa Junior College with plans to transfer to UCLA- Psychologist
Arley Lara  **
Pet Care Hospital
SEJC> Veterinary program UC Davis
Karina Lozano **
Vista Clinic – Family Medicine
SRJC> Nursing
Holley Maassen
Memorial: Dr. Wilbur: pathology, Dr. Marcus: Cosmetic Surgery
UC Davis- Biology
Yessica Moran
Vista Clinic – Family Medicine
Dominican University- Biology
Jose Ochoa **
Monica Okuhbo SRJC
Santa Rosa Junior College
Alexander Pulley **
Family dentist
SRJC
Samantha Rauscher **
Wikiup Vet Hospital
SRJC- Law school !
Noemi Sanchez **
Vista Clinic – Family Medicine
SRJC> Med School Family Physician
Melissa Sandoval **
St. Joseph Urgent Care,
Dr. Shettlyer DDS
Santa Rosa Junior College
Rashna Sharma
Kaiser- Redwood Radiology
Santa Rosa Junior College- Rad Tech
Kristine Soy
Vista Clinic – Family Medicine
Arizona State University- Biology
Hao( Dave) Tran **
Marc Archambault-  Back to Golf
San Jose State University- kinesiology
Brennen Urrutia **
Blood Guys-Memorial Hospital
BYU in Idaho
 

 


 

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Piner High Students visit Medtronic: May 15 2013
Andrea Robles and Victoria explore pig hearts that have stents implanted.

Students were introduced to the many biomedical devices used in a product fair put on by Medtronic engineers.

 
Medtronic hosted Piner High students to a STEM Awareness day to present projects and demonstrations of what their engineers and scientists do to create their life saving biomedical devices. Alarming statistics were given to the students  that science and technical careers comprise 1 in every 5 US professional careers yet many companies hire outside of the US. Companies like Medtronic are joining others in a national push to increase student enrollment in Science Technology Engineering or Math careers and this day of outreach is their way to motivate students to take the challenge and step up to a STEM career.
 
A product fair was organized by engineers and scientists to show off the many biomedical devices Medtronic has developed. Students observed and interacted with coronary stents, endovascular stent grafts, percutaneous heart valves, renal denervation systems and various catheter delivery systems.  They also poked around the valves of a dissected pig heart, analyzed the caffeine content of power drinks using a gas/mass spectrophotometer and were in awe of a 3D printer that makes moving workable prototypes from a computer assisted drawing.
 
Many students found the day to be an exciting preview of the science and technology they have to look forward to in their future careers. Many of these students already have a passion for math and science and gained additional insight into the challenges and rewards that await them should they chose to pursue STEM pathways in their future.
 
Piner High already has three such career pathways in place for their students:  Geospatial Technology, Health Science and Biotechnology and MAKE classes with a new MAKE physics program being offered next year. Medtronic is interested in strengthening these pathways and will be offering such a day to other Sonoma County high schools in the future.