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Summer Applications Now Accepted
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Congratulations to all the students who competed recently at the HOSA Washington State Leadership Conference in Spokane. These Future Health Professionals are students enrolled in WANIC’s Dental Careers, Medical Careers or Nursing Careers. They opted to demonstrate their skills and knowledge at the state level, and we couldn’t be prouder of each and every one of them.
Several students placed in the top five!
• 3rd Patient Care Tech: Lilly Alcorn (Nursing Careers)
• 3rd ATC Occupational Health and Safety: Coral Lenhardt Pino (Nursing Careers)
• 5th Dental Terminology: Nitya Anand (Dental Careers)
These students placed in the top ten!
• Biomedical Equipment: Tashfeen Abdullah (Medical Careers)
• Clinical Lab Science: Ivan Dimikj (Medical Careers)
• Dental Science: Casey Lai (Dental Careers)
• Dental Science: Ashley Min (Dental Careers)
• Medical Assisting: Ivan Dimikj (Medical Careers)
• Medical Assisting: Prithvi Dasan (Dental Careers)
• Patient Care Tech: Ethan Huang (Nursing Careers)
• Physical Therapy: Sienna Harmon (Medical Careers)
• Cert Skills: Tashfeen Abdullah & Bhuvanesh Kokku (Medical Careers)
• Extemporaneous Policy Writing: Prithvi Dasan (Dental Careers)
A big thank you to Katrina Kindred (Instructor Nursing Careers) and Sean Allen (Instructor Medical Careers) who facilitated the opportunity for these students!
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Redmond, Wash. - Lake Washington School District (LWSD) is honored to have been selected as one of 25 award-winning school districts for the State Superintendent’s Award for Educational Excellence in Student Achievement.
The State Superintendent’s Award for Educational Excellence recognizes the 25 top-performing school districts in educational achievement in the previous school year and the 25 top-performing school districts in progress over the last three school years.
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Online applications for full year WANIC Skill Center programs open 9:00 AM February 4th. Priority application window closes March 31st 3:00 PM.
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Each year, Lake Washington School District (LWSD) nurses provide vision and hearing screenings for students in kindergarten, first, second, third, fifth and seventh grades, with additional screenings offered as needed. These checks are essential for student success but staffing them can be challenging. That’s why LWSD leans on the support of WANIC Medical Careers students.