Please Join Us ~~ Team Newark Tech at the ACS~”Making Strides Against Breast Cancer” Walk ~ Sunday October 19, 2008

Please plan to join Team Newark Tech on Sunday, October 19, 2008 for the ACS~"Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk". The team will meet at the Newark Tech Campus at 8:30 AM and walk to the event located downtown at Military Park. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 9:00 AM.

This event is the first of several service learning projects planned for the Health Occupations students this year. In service learning projects such as this one, students function as health education advocates. This is a banner year for the Health Occupations program in particular, because of the re-structuring that makes Newark Tech the home for both the dental and nursing assisting programs. This event marks our first endeavor as a unified program.

Beginning the first week of October, the Health Occupations students of Newark Tech will begin an in-house fundraising campaign school wide. We accept donations in any dollar amount. Last year we were able to raise nearly $400.00 dollars. We were also fortunate to have those funds matched by a corporate sponsor thanks to one of our   terrific parents, Mrs.Thalia Holmes~ Newark Tech's PTSA president. This year we hope to surpass our previous fundraising efforts and have set the mark at $500.00 dollars.

Our outreach will include taking the campaign to the community at large on the evening of Newark Techs’ Open House event. Students will have a table clinic arranged to disseminate health education materials, and register family and friends committed to walking to raise awareness and money for prevention, research and a cure.

Please sign up on October 15, 2008 and help Team Newark Tech in Making Strides Against Breast Cancer.

Allied Health Programs /Newark Tech Center~ Senior Internship at UMDNJ~NJDS  

The students of the Dental Assistant program are nearing the completion of their senior capstone experience, an eight week internship at UMDNJ~New Jersey Dental School. The students have participated in a series of the dental schools’ clinical settings. Specifically, there have been concentrated experiences in the Oral Maxillofacial Radiology clinic, and the new, state-of-the art Comprehensive Care Pavilion facility. The Newark Tech students have been welcomed by the NJDS faculty and staff, and have thoroughly enjoyed working chairside with the NJDS dental students.

Team Newark Tech Walks for “Autism Speaks” Sunday,  June 1, 2008

The Phenomenal Sistahs! and HOSA sophomore students participated in the northern New Jersey walk for Autism Speaks  held at Bergen Community College on  June 1, 2008. The students were joined by their faculty advisors for the event, Ms. Diaz and Ms. Hunter. All students worked diligently in fundraising activities during the month May, collecting nearly $ 400.00 in donations, primarily from among their peers. The groups were very inspired by the generosity of their fellow students, faculty, and staff members at Newark Tech.

 This service learning project experience has touched the hearts and minds of the young members of both organizations. Johanna Hernandez, a sophomore student and HOSA member, said “This is a life changing experience for me…I learned so much about being a health advocate, and autism too.” The faculty advisors were also very inspired by the students’ ability to organize, fundraise, and commit to the entire service learning project. Jeimy Velasquez, a HOSA member, became interested in hosting an Autism Speaks event at her school following her attendance at the HOSA leadership conference in November 2007. Jeimy was one of the projects’ biggest “cheerleaders,” and served as chairperson for the committee that organized the event. Jeimy even convinced her dad to walk with her! The student organizations and their faculty advisors look forward to participating again next year.