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Meg Roopireddy in Top 10 in HOSA Competition |
North Springs Charter High School junior, 16 year old Meg Roopireddy, is the only student from Georgia to finish in the top 10 in the medical assisting competition at the Health Occupations Students of America National conference held in Orlando this past summer.
She competed with 60 students from across the country in the first round written test before advancing with the top 20 students to the clinical procedures part of the competition. Health sciences teacher at North Springs, Paulette Diener, is not surprised. "Meg has such a passion for medicine and is so committed to North Springs and health care. As HOSA president she will be coordinating the school's two large blood drives this year. Two years ago, she was just a few pints away from getting a scholarship for single handedly coordinating a blood drive among her neighbors which collected nearly 40 pints of blood. That's amazing for a 14 year old."
Roopireddy has also has earned over 102 volunteer hours at Northside Hospital over the past two years. This summer after the convention she helped in labor and delivery; transferring mothers from recovery back to their rooms, and as she says smiling, "playing with the babies and helping with sterile processes."
In addition to HOSA, Roopireddy is a math/science magnet student at North Springs, a member of the Science National Honor Society, Co-Captain of the Math Team, a member of Science Bowl, Interact and Beta service clubs and a member of the Student Government executive council. Her heart though is in medicine. "My goal is to become an oncologist, she says, "I think oncology is one of the most demanding specialties and one of the most rewarding because cancer has some of the most demanding needs." |
| Health Science/Health Care Group Forming | |
A number of students and parents have expressed a special interest in health sciences and health care this year. NSCHS has traditionally had a strong health care internship program and it now is a good time to get more people involved and broaden it further.
If you are interested in health science or health care occupations, come to an organizing meeting on Monday, Oct 18, 7:30 p.m. at NSCHS. Please contact Skip Addison if you are interested in being part of this effort. |
| The Buzz on Biotech | On Sep 18, NSCHS students attended a Biotechnology Open House at Georgia Tech. The Bioengineering and Bioscience Unified Graduate Students organization (BBUGS) organized this special event just for high school students. The NSCHS group was large enough to warrant special presentations on:
· Neuro-engineering from a graduate student who is hoping that her research into coaxing neurons to join together will help people with injuries
· The use of atomic force microscopes to provide detailed images at impossibly small scales and potentially even to push individual molecules around
· Two laboratories collaborating to research nanobiology and how it can be used to treat some diseases
This event was a big hit with the students and the parents who accompanied them. If you have contacts or know of future events at Emory, Georgia Tech, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) or other nearby resources, please forward the information Skip Addison. |
| How to Volunteer | |
New tools and websites make it easy to fulful your 10 hour volunteer committment:
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Follow the link to sign up on Volunteer Spot so you can see where we need help. After you register your email, you will be sent a link that you can use to access the calendar. Check back every week for new event postings.
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When events are being planned that fit the skills and interests you entered on your form, you will be sent an invitation to sign up from the Volunteer Spot calendar.
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After you have completed your volunteer hours, enter your actual hours worked on the NSCHS Volunteer Tracking website.You will need to be registered in this database to enter your hours. If you filled out a Volunteer Survey Form, you should already be there. If not, please follow select the Add A Volunteer Record button.
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If you don't see your event on the list, there is a button to add new events to the list. Note that there are multiple pages of events, so check all pages before adding a new one.
Which Events Count As Volunteer Hours?
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Any event you sign up for through Volunteer Spot, an email from an event chairperson, PTSA Board member, or School Staff member.
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Any Governance Board meeting, PTSA meeting, Booster club meeting (athletic, band, chorus, drama) that you attend.
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FONS, FOMAS, FNSVPA meetings, and volunteering at one of these organization's events.
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Volunteering at a sporting event (concession stand, band parent, away game chaperone)
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Attending Magnet Parent night, Junior/Senior or Freshman/Sophomore nights, Curriculum night, Teen Health night, and more.
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| Upcoming Events | |
October 11
Teacher Workday
(Students Off)
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| To volunteer at North Springs, click button below
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Visit the Spartan School Store located on "C" hall across from the Auxiliary Gym. Open Monday through Friday 7:45-8:25 AM selling NSCHS spirit wear, school supplies, hot chocolate and snacks! School supplies include composition books, college ruled filler paper, 3 ring binders, 1 subject notebooks and 3 prong pocket folders, sketch books, drawing pencils, art gum erasers, math project highlighters, graph paper, poster board, flash drives, recordable CDs & DVDs, sheet protectors, dividers, note cards, mechanical pencils and MORE! | |
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