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 * The Students within the Papillion-LaVista district are supplied with one of the best educations available. One outstanding opportunity is the Health Systems Academy. It focuses on preparing students for working in the health field, and also supplies students with skills essential in the twenty-first century.**
 * KNOWLEDGEABLE INDIVIDUALS**: In Health Systems Orientation we learned a variety of facts and skills needed to be successful in the health field. We studied many aspects of the health field including: research of specific careers, research of the work environment, and research of employees. At the Health Academy, we also focus a lot on the Anatomy/ Physiology science class. This class is very applicable to the health field. It gives students a base knowledge of the human body and how it works. Furthermore, CNA class is direct experience with health. It gives us knowledge of procedures, rules, and skills associated with the health field.


 * COLLABORATIVE INDIVIDUALS**: The Health Systems Academy is unique in its Challenge Based Learning class. One of the projects that we worked on in this class was an anti-bullying demonstration. Within this demonstration, there was a skit, a video, art, a speech and an interactive excersize. I am a good speaker, but i have little skills in acting or art. Others, on the other hand are talented in the areas where I am lacking. Through collaboration, we put together a well-rounded presentation. Although not everyone participated in every aspect of the presentation, input was allowed from all the people involved. Through the group effort, we were able to obtain many different opinions and it helped to develope a more complete and clean performence.


 * ACTIVE, RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS**: The academy is located within a hospital. The Alegent staff works with the students frequently to prepare them for a menality of a health career. In seminars Alegent emphasized responsibility, empathy, compassion, integrity, teamwork. As a student body, we have been called to display these values and demonstrate them in our actions around the hospital and averywhere else in our lives.


 * QUALITY PRODUCERS**: I have been engaged in making many projects and a performence while a part of the Health Academy. We developed an anti-bullying presentation that took months to produce due too strenuous checking of its qualities and perfection. It included a skit, video, art, a speech, and an interactive activity. Other things that I made include: a workplace violence brochure, career portfolio, and a fire emergency plan for the academy.