Rosemary Miner, Catherine Marcotte and Judith Russell

This team’s innovative teaching idea, “Health and the Human Form,” focuses on creating a new multidisciplinary anatomy and physiology course for the students at Nowell Leadership Academy by partnering with several local and state resources to provide students with the opportunity to earn high school science, art, and health credits. In addition, students will be able to complete a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) program at the local community college and have an opportunity to take the state’s CNA licensing exam. Students involved in the project will complete dissections led by local Brown Medical School students and receive art lessons from a Rhode Island School of Design art professor. In addition, they will participate in yoga, ballet, and hip-hop classes as well as receive dietitian learnings from a local hospital fair. With the Voya grant, the team will be able to support each of these experiences to help prepare the students to pass the state licensing exam and offer them a lifetime CNA certification.