Health occupations students qualify for international competition

Six Fox Chapel Area High School students earned first- through third-place awards as part of the 2021 PENN HOSA (Health Occupations Students of America) Future Health Professionals State Leadership Conference. Juniors Claire Hamilton and Ava Vita each won first-place gold awards; junior Sangmin “Tim” Park won a second-place silver award; and senior Nishi Thawani, sophomore Dylan Srodes and freshman Seoyoon “Heidi” Lee all won third-place bronze awards. All six of these students qualified for the HOSA Virtual International Leadership Conference that will be held June 23-26.

The PENN HOSA-Future Health Professionals State Leadership Conference was virtually held April 5-7 and included online exams, as well as video and photography submissions. Nearly 600 students from high schools across the state participated in the competition.