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The Center for Medical
Studies at
Mandarin High School
The Mandarin High
School Center for Medical Studies Career Academy began in the 2008-2009
school year graduating the first group of seniors in 2011. The program
received certified status following a national review by the National
Career Academy Coalition in June of 2011. Our mission is “To provide
students with the opportunity for exposure to a wide variety of health
science career options through a series of classes, job shadowing, and
subject integration.”
What is a “Career
Academy”?
The Center for
Medical Studies Career Academy (more commonly referred to as the Medical
Academy) is considered to be a Career and Technical Education Program by
the Florida Department of Education. The Medical Academy is not a magnet
program; it is a series of increasingly complex elective courses
that serve as an introduction to the world of health care. Health
science curriculum is also integrated into other courses to complement
the student’s overall high school education.
How do I join?
Rising 9th
grade students whose home school is Mandarin High School
simply need to select “Medical Skills” as their first choice elective
when they fill out their course selection sheet. These students will be
treated as academy students in 9th grade, but will still need
to officially apply going into 10th grade.
Rising 10th
grade students whose home school is Mandarin High School need
to fill out the application and submit it to Linda Smith in guidance by
the end of the 2nd nine weeks. Late applications will be
accepted on a space available basis.
Rising 9th
and 10th grade students whose home school is not
Mandarin High School will need to apply through the school choice
office for special assignment at the district level. The process for
special assignment and the application are located here:
http://www.duvalchoice.com/career_academies.html. Be sure to
get your application in by their deadline.
Program Structure:
The medical academy
follows the career academy model in that it operates as a school with-in
a school. All of our medical academy students are housed with-in one
small learning community. This means they all have the same assistant
principal (Bryan Boyer) and the same school counselor (Linda Smith).
They also have a set group of teachers who work together to integrate
the curriculum of their academic curriculum with their medical
curriculum.
Traditionally,
students take courses in the following progression:
“Standard Track”
|
9th
Grade |
10th
Grade |
11th
Grade |
12th
Grade |
|
English 1 |
English 2 |
English 3 |
English 4 |
|
Algebra 1 |
Geometry |
Algebra 2 |
Analysis of
Functions |
|
Earth/Space
Science |
Biology |
Chemistry |
Anatomy/Physiology |
|
Performing Fine
Art |
World History |
American History |
American
Government/ Economics |
|
World Language 1 |
World Language 2 |
HOPE |
Elective |
|
Medical Skills |
Health Science 1 |
Health Science 2 |
Certification
Course |
|
Elective |
Elective |
Elective |
Elective |
“Honors Track”
|
English Honors 1 |
English Honors 2 |
AP English
Composition |
AP English
Literature |
|
Geometry/Geometry
Honors |
Algebra 2/Algebra
2 Honors |
Analysis of
Functions/ Pre-Calculus |
AP Statistics/ AP
Calculus AB |
|
Biology Honors |
Earth/Space
Honors |
Anatomy/Physiology Honors |
AP Biology |
|
Performing Fine
Art |
Chemistry Honors |
Elective |
Biology 2 |
|
AP Human
Geography |
AP World History |
AP US History |
AP Government/ AP
Economics |
|
World Language 1 |
World Language 2 |
HOPE |
AP Calculus BC/
Elective |
|
Medical Skills |
Health Science 1 |
Health Science 2 |
Certification
Course |
What will I do as
a member of the academy?
Students in the
medical academy are invited to participate in HOSA (Health Occupations
Students of American) which is our after school medical club. Students
in HOSA do volunteer activities, take tours of clinical facilities, and
compete in competitions. In 2011, our first HOSA team of 6 had 4 of the
team members make it to regional competition, and 3 go on to national
competition in California.
Students in the
medical academy also actively participate in Baptist South’s Volunteen
program which allows them the experience of being in a hospital and
collecting volunteer hours. While this is not an official part of the
academy, students will officially participate in job shadowing
experiences at Baptist South and other medical facilities as part of
their certification course in their senior year.
By participating in
the medical academy, students are eligible to potentially qualify for
the Gold Seal Vocational Bright Futures scholarship and will have an
opportunity to earn the Medical Administrative Assistant industry
certification such as EKG, First Responder, or Medical Administrative
Assistant.
Where can I go?
Students in the
medical academy are laying the foundation for future studies in a
medical field. Our first group of seniors were accepted and offered
scholarship money to the following schools: University of Florida,
Florida State University, Penn State, Texas A & M, Georgia Tech,
Jacksonville University, University of Central Florida, Auburn
University, University of North Florida, Maryville College, and Barry
College.
Who can I contact
with questions?
Medical Academy Lead
Teacher: Wendy Kustra,
kustraw@duvalschools.org
Medical Academy
School Counselor: Linda Smith,
SmithL4@duvalschools.org
Medical Academy
Assistant Principal: Bryan Boyer,
Boyerb@duvalschools.org
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