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\"Jaisha
Jaisha Victorian and her daughter, Denim Brue, 7, grinned as they dug some dirt to celebrate the groundbreaking for the new Aurora HEART Health Sciences High School. Jaisha is a designer who worked on the building’s architectural plans. The family lives in the area, and while Denim seems more interested in robotics than health sciences right now, she could someday attend the new high school. Photo courtesy of Aurora Public Schools Communications Department.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A big smile blooms on the eighth grader\u2019s face, and her eyes twinkle as she imagines a future career at the gleaming medical buildings across the street from her Aurora middle school.<\/p>\n

\u201cWow!\u201d says Riziki \u201cRiRi\u201d Feza, 13.<\/p>\n

Asked what she thinks of when she looks across Peoria Street and sees UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital<\/a> and many other buildings on the Anschutz Medical Campus, RiRi sums up her hopes in two words: \u201cOpportunity and excitement.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Riziki
Riziki \u201cRiRi\u201d Feza, a 13-year-old eighth grader at North Middle School, is excited about the opportunities at the new Aurora HEART Health Sciences High School, which is under construction now. Photo by Katie Kerwin McCrimmon, UCHealth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

RiRi is among several eighth graders at North Middle School<\/a>\u00a0eager to apply to attend\u00a0a new health sciences high school in Aurora,<\/a> <\/span>scheduled to open next fall on the grounds of their school near the intersection of North Peoria Street and East Montview Avenue.<\/p>\n

Born in Tanzania, RiRi lives with her mom, three older brothers and other relatives in a home near her school and the medical campus. And now, she can envision a path that could lead her to a promising career across the street \u2014 or at another medical facility \u2014 someday.<\/p>\n

RiRi is considering becoming a nursing assistant.<\/p>\n

\u201cI like the idea of helping my family,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The new school will be called Aurora HEART Health Sciences High School. HEART stands for \u201chealthcare, education, access, readiness and training.\u201d<\/p>\n

The school is a partnership between Aurora Public Schools<\/a>, the Community College of Aurora<\/a> and UCHealth<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Students will gain hands-on experience, training and college credit at the new school, which is under construction now. They\u2019ll get to choose from five career pathways: nursing, surgical technology and sterile processing, respiratory therapy, behavioral health and medical imaging.<\/p>\n

Applications to attend the school open this month.<\/p>\n

A new health sciences school to jumpstart healthcare careers<\/strong><\/h2>\n

RiRi and several other eighth graders wore navy blue medical scrubs and welcomed dignitaries \u2014 including Colorado\u2019s governor \u2014\u00a0 to a recent groundbreaking celebration for Aurora\u2019s newest high school. Their scrubs symbolized the careers these students might someday enjoy. The students can\u2019t wait to see the new school emerge from a field north of the middle school.<\/p>\n

\"David
David Aung is considering becoming a surgeon someday and thinks the new health sciences high school in Aurora can help him make his dreams a reality. Photo by Katie Kerwin McCrimmon, UCHealth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

David Aung, 13, thinks he\u2019d like to become a surgeon.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s seen doctors on TV shows and in documentaries.<\/p>\n

He and his family members think the new high school will help him make his dreams a reality.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy mom tells me to focus on what I want to become in the future,\u201d David said.<\/p>\n

Along with medicine, David thinks it would be fun to be a professional volleyball player. For now, he\u2019s leaning more toward the medical path, and the new high school will help him get there, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m imagining a high school that is really professional,\u201d David said. \u201cI think science is really interesting, and hands-on learning will help me learn more.\u201d<\/p>\n

David was born in Malaysia, and his family is Burmese. He lives with his mom and four younger siblings.<\/p>\n

He sees medicine as a path to an interesting career that will offer economic security.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want good pay and something that can help support our family. I\u2019m pretty poor right now. We live in an apartment, and we don\u2019t have a lot of things right now. I\u2019ll apply to the high school as soon as I can. I have big dreams for my future,\u201d David said.<\/p>\n

Envisioning a career in behavioral healthcare to support people with disabilities<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Osbaldo Contreras, 13, also wants to help his family.<\/p>\n

\"Osbaldo
Osbaldo Contreras is interested in the behavioral healthcare track at Aurora HEART Health Sciences High School, which will open in 2027. Photo by Katie Kerwin McCrimmon, UCHealth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

He\u2019s interested in pursuing the behavioral health track at the new high school.<\/p>\n

He has seen healthcare workers doing their jobs in his home.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have a little brother who\u2019s autistic and an older sister who can\u2019t walk and talk. She has to be fed through a tube, and sometimes I see therapists come to my house to help my little brother and my older sister,\u201d Osbaldo said.<\/p>\n

He likes the idea of being part of the first class at Aurora HEART Health Sciences High School.<\/p>\n

A group of 125 ninth graders is slated to start at the school in the fall of 2027. And administrators will add an additional class of ninth graders each year.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt will be brand new,\u201d Osbaldo said. \u201cYou get to be the first generation at a new high school, and you get to choose your own path.\u201d<\/p>\n

Osbaldo has deep empathy for kids who struggle, including his 17-year-old sister who was born with disabilities, and his 8-year-old brother, who was identified as being on the autism spectrum when he was a toddler.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe can\u2019t speak. He has a tablet and presses buttons to communicate,\u201d said Osbaldo, who also has two other siblings.<\/p>\n

He wishes kids would be kinder to those who need help.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey can\u2019t help that they have special needs,\u201d Osbaldo said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to go to the school for behavioral health because I want to help people,\u201d he said. \u201cBut I don\u2019t want to do surgery because I don\u2019t like blood.\u201d<\/p>\n

Learning about healthcare in ‘real life:’ State-of-the-art classrooms and hospital field trips<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Leaders with Aurora Public Schools, the Community College of Aurora, and UCHealth have worked for years to bring the new health sciences high school to life.<\/p>\n

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New Aurora health sciences school set to open in fall of 2027<\/strong><\/h4>\n

New high school:<\/strong> Aurora HEART Health Sciences High School will help students gain healthcare skills. HEART stands for healthcare, education, access, readiness and training.<\/p>\n

Five career pathways:<\/strong> Students can pursue programs in nursing, surgical technology and sterile processing, respiratory therapy, behavioral health and medical imaging.<\/p>\n

Who: <\/strong>Leaders from Aurora Public Schools, the Community College of Aurora and UCHealth teamed up to create the innovative new school.<\/p>\n

Where:<\/strong> Aurora HEART Health Sciences High School is under construction now, immediately west of the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus near north Peoria Street and East Montview Avenue.<\/p>\n

Hands-on learning opportunities: <\/strong>UCHealth medical experts will visit the school, and students will take field trips to the adjacent hospital, clinics and labs.<\/p>\n

Learn more about applying to attend the school.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

UCHealth also provides grant funding to the Aurora Public Schools Foundation to support a Health Science Summer Bridge Program.<\/strong> The program gives Aurora students hands-on healthcare experience at Community College of Aurora and the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

UCHealth experts have supported the school\u2019s architects and builders in designing classroom spaces that will look like clinics and hospitals rather than traditional classrooms. And there will be plenty of opportunities for UCHealth professionals to offer hands-on lessons at the school.<\/p>\n

Aurora HEART Health Sciences students also will get to do field trips to the medical campus to see how a large hospital and academic medical center operate. Robbie Dumond, chief operating officer for University of Colorado Hospital, spoke at the groundbreaking ceremony on Oct. 8 and shared that he began working toward a career in healthcare in high school.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt 15, I became an emergency medical technician (EMT) in my home state of Maine. This new school is very near and dear to my heart,\u201d Dumond said. \u201cI am where I am today because of experiences back in high school.\u201d<\/p>\n

He joked that students at the new Aurora school will have the \u201ceasiest commute ever,\u201d coming to the medical campus from their school directly across the street.<\/p>\n

\u201cStudents are going to have access to simulation labs and clinical environments,\u201d Dumond said. \u201cWe can\u2019t wait to host them at our hospital. These experiences are going to help students see what healthcare is like in real life.\u201d<\/p>\n

University of Colorado Hospital is one of 15 UCHealth hospitals throughout Colorado, and supporting surrounding communities is central to UCHealth\u2019s mission of improving lives.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re proud to call Aurora home,\u201d Dumond said. \u201cIt’s important that we invest in this community.\u201d<\/p>\n

He and others can\u2019t wait to see students walk through the doors of the new school next fall so they can \u201cdiscover new dreams and new opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n

Making education more relevant and giving students ‘a running start’ to great careers<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Gov. Jared Polis attended the groundbreaking festivities and said Colorado leaders are boosting the quality of education for all students by making schools more relevant to careers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis high school will help more kids feel that connection to more meaningful work,\u201d Polis said. \u201cThey can thrive here, get the real skills they need, working with computer models, working with physical models, being able to get right out of high school with an EMT certification, phlebotomy certification, nurse assistant certification.\u201d<\/p>\n

Some can start working in these careers right after high school, Polis said.<\/p>\n

Others can begin earning college credit and will have what Polis called \u201ca running start\u201d to nurses, nurse practitioners, doctors or health care administrators.<\/p>\n

\"Eighth
Eighth graders at North Middle School wore scrubs symbolizing future healthcare careers they might pursue when they attended the groundbreaking of the new Aurora HEART Health Sciences High School, which is slated to open in 2027. Photo courtesy of Aurora Public Schools Communications Department.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

‘An incredible opportunity right here in Aurora’<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Danielle Tomwing, vice president for the Aurora Public Schools Board of Education, spoke about her excitement as she imagined students walking through the doors of the new school less than a year from now.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey will attend a school designed around our community and one of the most important industries, where traditional academics are connected directly to hands-on learning and future opportunities in healthcare,\u201d Tomwing said.<\/p>\n

Aurora voters passed a bond measure to make the new school possible.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to invest in modern learning environments that respond to the needs of our students and prepare them for opportunities right here in our community,\u201d Tomwing said. \u201cWe cannot wait to see this building filled with students, exploring their interests, discovering new possibilities and preparing for futures in healthcare and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n

Aurora Public Schools Superintendent Michael Giles, Jr. called the new school \u201cone of a kind in the state of Colorado,\u201d and said it will provide excellent opportunities to students \u201cright here in Aurora.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know that talented young people throughout our community are ready to dream big about their futures. Simultaneously, we have world-class healthcare and higher education institutions right here in our own backyard. So, the question that we set out to answer was, \u201cHow do we bring these things together to better our community?\u2019 And this new health science high school is that answer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Giles credited the vital partnerships with Aurora Public Schools, the Community College of Aurora and UCHealth for making a new vision and a new educational model possible.<\/p>\n

\u201cTogether, we have an opportunity to show our students that some of the most exciting educational career opportunities in our region are not somewhere far away from here, but they’re right here in our own backyard,\u201d Giles said.<\/p>\n

A bridge from high school to college and careers<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Community College of Aurora President Mordecai Ian Brownlee said the new school will provide extraordinary opportunities for students.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are creating a bridge between the classroom, career and college,\u201d Brownlee said. \u201cStudents will have opportunities to earn college credentials while completing their high school education.<\/p>\n

\"Aurora
Aurora students participated in a Health Science Summer Bridge Program that UCHealth helped fund. Through the summer program, students enjoyed hands-on healthcare experiences at the Community College of Aurora and at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. Soon, students like these will get to pursue educational and training opportunities for future healthcare careers at the new Aurora HEART Health Sciences High School in Aurora. Photo courtesy of the Aurora Public Schools Foundation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThink about what that could mean for a young person,\u201d Brownlee said. \u201cWe think about first-generation learners as we think about this community as a whole. We have an opportunity to\u2026advance economic mobility and opportunity, reaching every one of our students.<\/p>\n

\u201cA ninth grader can walk through these doors and begin to see themselves as a nurse, a behavioral health professional, a healthcare leader,\u201d Brownlee said.<\/p>\n

As leaders held ceremonial shovels, Brownlee said they were \u201cturning the earth today\u201d and \u201ctomorrow, we will turn proximity into possibility.\u201d<\/p>\n

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