Tulsa Welding Visits Forbush High

Mr. Shane McFall presented to Mr. Senter’s classes, along with other interested students, about Tulsa Welding in Jacksonville Florida.

Tulsa offers Welding, Electrical, and HVAC on their Jacksonville Campus.

Thanks to Mr. McFall for taking time to speak to our students!

 

Real-world Learning at Starmount High

Construction Core and Carpentry I students experience hands-on learning while working on the softball dugout using the new scaffolding, purchased in part with a grant from the Shallowford Foundation.

FHS Students Learn about Jobsite Safety

Students in Jason Cockerham’s Construction Core classes are learning about jobsite safety.  As part of this lesson, students have to be able to put a full body harness on and if they want to, hang from a safety line in the shop. 

Here are a few pictures from the shop.

FHS Students Meet the Goats!

Animal Science I students at Forbush High met the goats on campus when they returned to class last week. Welcome back students!

Also, a special welcome to Mrs. Sarah Bridges, the new Agricultural Education teacher at Forbush High.  A big shout as well to her for being the first to submit a blog post this year!

FHS HOSA Attends International Leadership Conference

HOSA students from Forbush HighSchool recently attended the 48th annual HOSA International Leadership Conference in Nashville, TN June 17th-22nd where over 14,000 individuals came together to focus on healthcare. During the conference students had the opportunity to participate in the HOSA competitive events program, attend educational symposiums, healthcare exposition, and leadership training, as well as network with HOSA members from across the globe including students from Canada, Puerto Rico, Vietnam, and American Samoa to name a few. 

The following students from Forbush High School were in attendance at the conference Nina Caseratno, Kayla Gill, Valeria Hernandez, Haidyn Hester, Elizabeth Holbrook, Riley Jester, Reagan Jester, Abigail Lange, Paige Ratcliffe, Jenna Shore, Savanna Sizemore and Ellie Wooten. All students listed above participated in the Healthcare Issues Exam and National Geographic Testing in various categories including but not limited to Anatomy and Physiology, Chemistry and Biology.

Some competitive events require qualification at the regional level to advance to the state level and all require placement at the state level to participate at the International level. Some of the students mentioned have been working on their respective competitive events since August of 2024. Senior Riley Jester and Junior Abigail Lange participated in EMT, Junior Valeria Hernandez participated in Phlebotomy making it to the second round of competition, Senior Reagan Jester and Freshman Ellie Wooten participated in Health Career Photography both making it to the second round of competition. Forbush’s own Ellie Wooten finished 5th Internationally in her event!

HOSA has a central focus on community services and serving others. The following students were recognized and honored with the Barbara James Service Award for completing health related community service over the past year. Gold Level completing 250 plus hours of community service: Elizabeth Holbrook. Silver Level completing 249-175 hours of community service: Riley Jester. Bronze Level completing 174-100 hours of community service: Nina Casertano, Kayla Gill, Haidyn Hester, Reagan Jester, Savanna Sizemore and Jenna Shore.

Elizabeth Holbrook was recognized for the HOSA Happenings, a newspaper style publication featuring a culmination of events throughout the year.

As a chapter Forbush HOSA was recognized for contribution of service and monetary donation for the service project “Be the Match”.

Senior Reagan Jester received a scholarship from the National Technical honor Society to continue her education to become a nurse.

The International Leadership conference provides numerous opportunities for all involved. It brings closure to the school year and provides seniors one last opportunity to be involved with Forbush HOSA. For more information about Forbush HOSA you may contact Adrianna Sloan at Forbush High School.

FHS Health Science Teacher Receives Awards

Mrs. Adrianna Sloan, who teaches Health Science courses at Forbush High, recently received 2 awards from the VFW Post 10346.  She was presented with the High School Teacher of the Year award and the Teacher of the Year for District 11, which contains 5 different counties.

Congratulations to Mrs. Sloan!

 

SHS Students Earn Credentials

Several students in Mr. Fincannon’s classes have earned credentials this semester.
The pictures below show students that have earned the following:
Picture 1 - Students in Drone Fundamentals earned their FAA Trust credential.
Picture 2 – Students in Adobe Visual I earned Adobe Photoshop and/or Adobe Illustrator credentials.
Picture 3 – Students in Adobe Visual II earned their Adobe InDesign credential.

Congratulations to all on their accomplishments!