April 13, 2023 – In fall of 2020, Collinsville High School health teacher Julie Hazzard agreed to be among educators from sixteen high schools in Illinois to pilot ParentABLE parenting curriculum in her classroom. Two years later, her positive experience, feedback and passion for the program led to being asked to participate in a new […]
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Preventative Heart Screenings for Students 12 to 22
June/July 2022 – Please see the press release and information reprinted below regarding preventative cardiac screenings available to Madison County youth ages 12-22 on August 13 and 14, 2022 in Glen Carbon, Illinois. Greg Holthaus Memorial Fund and MCORE Foundation to offer Madison County Preventative Cardiac Screenings 1 Youth Dies Every 3 Days; Heart Screenings […]
Cardinal Glennon Flight Team Visits CMS
On Friday, May 11, 2018 Collinsville Middle School Advanced Health students had a visit from the Pediatric Transport Flight Team from SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital. Flight Nurse Toni Clark, accompanied by Fight Respiratory Therapist Leighanne Smith, shared information about their jobs and explained how patient air transport works. About 15 minutes into the presentation, […]
CMS Students Learn Anatomy at SLU Class
Collinsville Middle School Advanced Health students visited St. Louis University as participants in the AIMS (Adventures in Medicine and Science) program. “Students had the opportunity to learn from world class surgeons in the fields of Pulmonology and Cardiology,” according to teacher Ann Wolff. “They dissected pig hearts, investigating all of the anatomy that they had learned […]