Miami High has a special class where students motivated in the area of health, even though they are just beginning to learn English, can develop and learn about everything they need for their future careers.

Health Science is taught by Ms. Rodriguez who has been a registered nurse for 15 years and nurse educator for 11 years. She has 6 health science classes with 180 students in total.

She loves to teach high school. “I like how amazing and rewarding it is to be a health professional,” she said. “There’s nothing I dislike about this job.”

There is a lot to learn in health science.   According to Ms. Rodriguez, students can learn medical terminology, which is the language health care workers use in the hospitals. Also, human body structure and function are a key component of the class. Finally, professionalism is an important subject taught in the class.

She said that this is a well-structured course curriculum that covers the topics needed to successfully complete the rest of the levels and she evaluate her students for class participation, attendance and punctuality, oral presentations, class discussion, projects, quizzes and exams.

Most of the students are motivated by this subject.Ms. Rodriguez said, “They know that health science and anatomy & physiology are the core for any health care career.” Her goals are that most of the students go to level 2 with the skills and knowledge required to succeed in this program.

Students interviewed were asked why they decided to take this class. Junior Kevin Moreno said, “I want to be a doctor.” Freshmen Zuanny Ceballos wants to be a nurse, and Paola Leiva wants to be a medical assistant.

Ms. Rodriguez’s students like different things about health science class. Zuanny Ceballos likes how after they finish the four years training in that class, they will be ready to work in a hospital.

Kevin Moreno likes to learn information about health.

Junior Anthony Loza said he likes all he learns in this class and how well the teacher teaches.

They also think about what they do not like. Paola Leiva, an ESOL I student, said that she gets confused sometimes when the teacher gives work in English.