Silva Health Magnet’s Edward Ortiz rubbed elbows with Nobel Prize winners and other accomplished physicians and scientists last month when he served as a delegate to the Congress of Future Medical Leaders. The Congress is an honors-only program for approximately 4,000 high school students who want to become physicians or go into medical research fields. […]Read More
Eight Silva Health Magnet students began exploring careers in the mental health field this school year with a new internship program at the Paso Del Norte Child Development Center. The seniors started the internship in February under the guidance of the center’s registered behavioral technicians doing rotations in applied behavior analysis, an evidence-based therapeutic intervention […]Read More
While most teenagers would rather take a summer trip to the beach or an amusement park destination, others like Silva Health Magnet’s Emely Muñoz chose instead to hone their leadership skills in the nation’s capital. Muñoz was the only EPISD student selected to travel to Washington, D.C., to participate in the Bank of America Student […]Read More
EPISD’s Class of 2019 is now complete. A total of 171 seniors from every high school in the El Paso Independent School District accepted their diplomas on Wednesday during the 2019 Summer Graduation Ceremonies at the Bowie High School auditorium. The graduates completed all state graduation requirements during the summer and now join the 4,200 […]Read More
Computer-controlled robots mazed through the hallways while students learned CPR on manikins just across campus. Meanwhile, students crime-scene investigations were happening at a different corner of the school, near the area where students were engaging in nutrition classes and CrossFit-like workouts. This is all part of the innovative EPISD Summer Medical Prep Academy — an intense […]Read More
Dozens of students traded in pencils and notebooks and instead took time learning to draw blood, suture patients and assist geriatric patients during a hands-on career exploration workshop. Texas Tech University Health Science Center El Paso’s Desert Mountain Area Health Education Center gave the participating students — all of whom had expressed an interest in […]Read More
For Chick-fil-A, it’s not all about cooking chicken. The fast food franchise has teamed up with area high schools to serve up some nuggets of wisdom through its Leader Academy. The nationwide Chick-fil-A Leader Academy engages students in monthly Leader Labs with a focus on important leadership skills that they will use to create student-led […]Read More
According to new figures released by the Texas Education Agency (TEA), El Paso Independent School District (EPISD) has 11 campuses that earned all available distinction designations available to them during the 2018 accountability ratings period. “Our focus on Active Learning has helped us reach unprecedented goals in student outcomes,” said Superintendent Juan Cabrera. “EPISD is […]Read More
A new virtual reality tool will allow CCTE, Franklin and Silva Health Magnet students to look deep into every aspect of the human body, dissect animals, explore paleontology and even study automotive applications without leaving the classroom. Trainers introduced the new zSpace technology to Career and Technology Education teachers from CCTE, Franklin and Silva Health […]Read More
While other students spent their summer hanging out with friends, Silva Health Magnet senior Juan Pablo Speer spent his time at local nursing homes, visiting residents and playing his violin. Speer was not visiting family or working a summer job. The dedicated student was at the nursing homes as part of Visiting the Lonely Birds, […]Read More
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