The noticeable need for mental health resources for teens during the pandemic lead a Silva Health Magnet senior to establish the Letters to Strangers El Paso Chapter. Senior Amaris Ramos then enlisted some Silva friends to establish the chapter hoping its mission to destigmatize mental illness and provide teens an outlet to channel their emotions. The chapter […]Read More
Last week, Silva Health Magnet was transformed into a series of escape rooms to give incoming freshmen a chance to explore the campus’ health care offerings while bonding with their new classmates. More than 160 incoming freshmen received an acceptance letter to join Silva’s class of 2025. Many of them attended the camp where they […]Read More
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
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