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32 KISD Students Advance to HOSA State Competition

32 KISD Students Advance to HOSA State Competition

Students from all four KISD high schools and the Keller Collegiate Academy participated in the HOSA (Future Health Professionals) Area 5 Competition, which was held January 17-18 in Mansfield at the Ben Barber Innovation Academy. 

Keller ISD had a successful showing with 48 students placing in the top five and 32 advancing to State in their respective categories. The HOSA State Competition will be held April 29-May 1 in Round Rock, Texas at the Kalahari Resort. 

HOSA-Future Health Professionals is a global student-led organization, whose mission is to promote career opportunities in the health industry and to enhance the delivery of quality health care to all people.

Congratulations to the following students:
*Indicates State Qualifiers

Central High School

Hannah Ho, Job Seeking Skills* (1st, Job Seeking Skills)
Romey Gaskil, Prepared Speaking* (1st, Prepared Speaking)

Anjeline Pollinger, Shourya Chaudri, Bayan Hamid, Sophia Cockburn, Wenru Liu* (3rd, Parliamentary Procedures)
Aarya Shrestha (4th, Health Career Photography)
Akanksha Jha, Samarth Jain (4th, Mental Health Promotion)

Keller High School

Avni Gupta* (3rd, Research Poster)
Candice Santoso* (3rd, Nursing Assisting)
Jiya Gupta, Madison Schuman (4th, CERT Skills)
Eshal Khan (4th, Veterinary Skills)

Timber Creek High School

Minh Nguyen* (3rd, Dental Terminology)
Emily Fincher* (3rd, Patient Care Tech)

Keller Collegiate Academy

Asel Gabbani, Lakshidaa Jayamurugan, Rodina Ghanem, Fabiha Shiddiky* (1st, Community Awareness)
Isabelle Augustine, Harkiran Marocha, Esha Raval* (1st, Creative Problem Solving)
Chad Nguyen* (3rd, Family Practice Medicine)
Eliana Tarin, Maria El-Maraghy, Yoanna Gerges, Barthenia Gaid* (3rd, Health Education)
Grace Varghese* (3rd, Medical Art Poster)
Dafina Ero, Tina Le, Hansika Bandi, Madison Hickmon, Diana Hernandez* (2nd, Parliamentary Procedure)
Abigail Lim, Cameli Negron-Nieves, Vivian Nguyen* (3rd, Public Service Announcement)

Shaeema Shukoor, Shafina Shukoor, Riya Kakani (5th, Medical Innovations)
Sanjit Vadlapudi, Suhas Chinta, Dominic Hernandez, Yemaj Ussuf, Raniel Thsimbalanga ​​​​​​​(4th, Public Health)