Our goal is to enhance the admission, retention, and graduation of students who come from multicultural.
High school is often the time in a student's academic life during which he or she begins developing career interests. In today's world, the public health expert is a valued (and essential!) member of the community. It will be your role, as a professional in this field, to connect communities with issues such as bioterrorism, AIDS, and pollution. Not many jobs are quite as rewarding, or exciting as this! You will most likely be working with the latest technology to ensure the health of families like your own and even some families that are very different from yours. For example, you may even have the opportunity to investigate families living on the banks of Amazon River who are being exposed to bacteria that is causing an epidemic. Sound interesting? Then use this opportunity to explore one of the most quickly growing fields in the world.
Programs for High School Students 9th-12th Grade
High School Public Health Science Clubs (PHSC) Clubs organized by high school students under the guidance of health educators and school coordinators that focus on academic preparation for health careers and the development of leadership skills. It is anticipated that students in these clubs from the ten participating schools will meet once or twice a month throughout the academic year.
National Public Health Week (NPHW)
Public Health Week is an activity filled week during the first week in April in which attention is drawn to public health issues affecting our daily lives and achievements in the field of public health are celebrated. Through this event, participating students will interact with health professionals and have a greater appreciation for the relevance of public health practice and research to the prevention and treatment of diseases that affect their communities.
High School Public Health Sciences Saturday College (PHSSC) A thirty-(30) week (six hours/week) academic enrichment program for students in grades 6th to 12th from the West Side and the South Side of Chicago who are interested in health careers. The program provides preliminary education that will enrich students' academic experiences and expose them to public health science and research. These activities are expected to increase students' interest in science, mathematics, and public health research and motivate them to take the Honors and Advanced Placement Science courses necessary for successful college education.
Contact: Dorothy Washington-Calvin, 312.996.5955, dwashi5@uic.edu
High School Summer Public Health Science Institute (SPHSI)
This is a six-week (six hours/day) annual program for entering 6th to 8th graders from the Chicago Public Schools who are interested in pursuing health careers. The program provides them with a summer of intensive reading, mathematics, and science enrichment courses and increases the academic preparedness necessary to take science and mathematics courses in high school, while also providing academic skills necessary for public health endeavors, and ….
Program Information
- Current High School programs offered
- Participating High Schools
- Discussion Board (Password Required)
News & Events
Natinal Public Health Week Celebrations
http://www.apha.org/nphw