2025-2026 Course Selection Information
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Applications for Hendrick Healthcare Academy are due April 30th. Reach out to Mrs. Flores for a link.
The Healthcare Academy is for 9th through 12th grade students interested in learning more about healthcare.
Students will:
Attend healthcare expo at Hendrick Health and explore the many job opportunities they can pursue in the healthcare field.
Attend job readiness expo to teach soft skills and prepare them for the workforce.
Attend lab days at Cisco College in nursing, surgical tech, pharmacy tech, and respiratory tech including hands-on lessons to experience a day in the life of a healthcare student.
As a senior, they will have an opportunity to job shadow in the department of the hospital most interesting to them.
Receive a Healthcare Academy t-shirt.
After completing 5 sections of the Healthcare Academy, will receive a patch for their letter jacket.
For more information, parents can e-mail workforce@hendrickhealth.org or visit their website at https://www.hendrickhealth.org/careers/workforce-development/ .
Parents, please register new and returning students online by clicking here beginning July 17th. If you have not already created a Parent Portal account or your student is new to Merkel ISD, you will need to click "create account" to get started. Please call or email the MMS office for your parent portal ID.