TOTAL CARE CLINIC

Secondary education today looks very different from the course offerings and learning that many adults experienced in their educational journey. Students today are experiencing a new era of education focused more on application of learning and service-learning.

Career and Technical education provides more opportunities for students to try their hand at different careers and gain knowledge, experience, and certifications even before graduating high school. Now with two high schools, the district has many students trying their hand at different careers and vocational programs.

Several years ago, Prosper ISD started the Forensics Science program. At Rock Hill High School, Dr. Yoshara Ballou’s Forensics Students are engaging with the greater school community to apply learning while serving the community. The students got the opportunity to role-play as Primary Care Physicians in a fictional clinic called “Total Care Clinic.”

Dr. Ballou and her students offered a mini health-fair where school district personnel could come take advantage of the opportunity to have their vitals (temperature, heart rate, respiratory rate, oxygen saturation, and blood pressure) checked by these students as they practiced their learning. The students also practiced properly recording the information to maintain accurate records.