Phoenix News

Rachel Gonzales made a new friend at a recent golf tournament!!

On Saturday, Feb 15, the Health Careers 42 Club competed in the Texas School 42 Championship.

Health Careers students took the following places out of nine teams.

3rd place: Mia Favela and Altan Becker

4th place: Aimee Favela and Zee Torres

5th place: Paige Dewlen and Marely Galaviz

6th place: Rowan Duncan and Kat Hernandez

The Swimming and Diving team were amazing at the Regional Championship! The girls team finished 2nd overall, and the boys team finished 5th overall.

The following swimmers qualified for the Swimming State Championship:

Samika Kanaskar (200 Medley, 100 Fr, 100 Back, 400 FR)

Kathryn Castro (200 Medley, 400 FR)

Ashlynn Clauss (200 Medley, 100 Fly, 400 FR)

Angel Ramirez (200 Medley, 500 Fr, 400 FR)

Lilly Arce (alternate)

Emma Stewart (alternate)

Frankie DeLallo (alternate)

Ricky Berrios (200 Fr, 200 FR, 400 FR)

Justin McNary (100 Fly, 200 FR, 400 FR)

Josef Michniadowicz (200 FR, 100 Breast, 400 FR)

Om Pal (200 FR, 400 FR)

Tariq Sheikh (alternate)

Lots of first time individual Regional Champions! Samika's 100 Back gold was a huge personal best. Ashlynn's 100 Fly gold was a big drop and personal best, and Josef's 100 Breast gold was also a huge personal best. Ricky's 200 Free gold was an HC school record, Region 8 record, AND pool record!

Ashlynn, Justin, Angel, and Samika all qualified for state with individual silver medals, and also won a few individual bronze medals along with Lilly and Ricky.

Kathryn, Emma, Lilly, and Frankie showed a lot of grit with their finals and consolation finals swims. Ari Williams also finished 11th overall in diving.

The relays were also amazing! Samika, Angel, Ashlynn, and Kathryn qualified for state in two relays, finishing 2nd in the 200 Medley Relay and 1st in the 400 Free Relay. Ricky, Josef, Justin, and Om also qualified for state in two relays, finishing 2nd in both the 200 and 400 Free Relays.

We're so proud of all the big jumps in performances, and the amount of resilience they showed through both prelims and finals. This small team does big things! On to the State Championship!

Anjali Chhabra 1st place Medical Terminology

Maria Prada 3rd place Occupational Therapy

Naisha Chaudhary 1st place Medical Spelling

2nd place CERT Team Skills

Savo Fiyadi and Kaye Co

1st place CPR/1st Aid Team

Darshan Kumar and Aadhi Kannan

Evan Zhang 2nd place Research Poster

2nd place HOSA Bowl Team

Anish Kalva, Aldan Joseph, Anshuman Chhawcharia, Vedant Patel

3rd place HOSA Bowl Team

Srideekshya Anna, Ananya Arun, Sophia Poy, Aanvi Goyal

2nd place Parliamentary Procedure Team:

Pratheek Talathoti, Kavingiri Selvagiri, Amogh Naishadham, Erika Ng, Rushi Patel, Max Zhao

Top 10% Healthcare Issues Exam

Sohan Polasani, Evan Zhang, Venkat Katabathina, Ayesha Obhrai, Dhiya Billa, Anvitha Ellanki, Anushka Jain, Aventhi Dharani, Jason Ladduwahatti,Rajiv Kamireddy, Karthikeya Penmetsa, Vedant Patel, Dharani Pola, Aldan Joseph, Navom Gupta, Ariv Sadh, Harini Gubba

Placed:

4th place CERT Team Skills

Sohan Polasani and Anupam Parida

6th place CERT Team Skills

Elisa Barahona and Rhianna Camiling

6th place EMT Team

Prithvik Sriram and Arpita Biswal

6th place MRC Partnership Team

Eesha Ande, Ariv Sadh, Harini Gubba, Santosh Alagarraj

10th place Public Health Team

Sarayu Lokeshkumar and Lakshitha Diwakar

4th place Biomedical Debate Team

Aniya Soni and Ananya Bandaru

5th place Community Awareness

Suhani Pant, Anna Robson, Zeel Patel, Adwita Ghosh

5th place Creative Problem Solving Team

Namit Kurra and Stephen Rajendran

4th place Forensic Science Team

Ty Tran and Brian Udom

8th Biotechnology

Venkat Katabathina

Help Harmonie Flores with the Good Cause!

Attention Junior Males!

The Texas Boys State application is open. The deadline for submitting completed applications is March 8, 2025.

• The program is during the summer between junior and senior years
• The program will help young men to become better, more conscientious, empathetic leaders
• 93% of Texas Boys State alumni report that being a participant was a major factor that enabled them to receive substantial scholarships

You may be exempt from your final exam if:

1. You have three or fewer absences in the class.

2. You have an 80 or higher average in the class.

3. You have all good conduct.

4. You are present on the day of the exam.

If you have any questions, please ask your teacher.

On a cold Friday morning, this young lady put the cold out of her mind and played through to a second place overall finish at the JV golf tournament held on Valentines Day!

Seniors, apply to an Alamo College and submit your FAFSA or TASFA by Feb. 28 to save your spot in the Alamo Promise program. Questions? See Ms. Orozco in room 211.

All students must wear their student ID Badge at all times while on campus.

Freshmen and Incoming Sophomores new to Health Careers will be able to get their ID badges for free. Returning students needing an ID replacement will need to pay $5.00.

IDs can be purchased before school only in the front office.

Due to allergies, COVID and other health concerns, we will not be allowing any outside food to be delivered to or brought to the campus. Students who have off campus lunch will not be allowed to bring any food back to the campus. Parents bringing a forgotten lunch for their own child may bring it in a lunch box/bag or a plain brown bag labeled with the student's name. Food and drink are not allowed in the classrooms. Students may carry a water bottle.

Principal, Jay Sumpter

Email: hchs.attendance@nisd.net
Website: www.nisd.net/healthcareers
Location: 4646 Hamilton Wolfe, San Antonio, TX, USA
Phone: 210-397-5400
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HealthCareersNISD
Twitter: @NISDHCHS