HOSA is a student organization whose mission is to promote career opportunities in health care and to enhance the delivery of quality health care to all people.

The Red Mountain Chapter is open to students in the biotechnology classes and other Red Mountain students. Students improve leadership skills and explore health careers through a wide variety of competitive career development activities which can be found at the state website. Chapter registration is closing soon.

Chapter Officers:

President: Crista Procopio
Vice President: Garrhett Kidd
Secretary: Geneva Gorman
Treasurer: Nguyet Luong
Commuication Officers: Kirsten Corral and Tayler Davis

Chapter Advisor:  Mrs. Kupferer

2009 Fall Leadership Conference Attendees:

2009-10 National Theme

"From Simple Scrapes to Failing Hearts, HOSA’s Where the Healing Starts!"

                                -  Submitted by South Carolina HOSA  

What is HOSA?

HOSA is a national student organization endorsed by the U.S. Department of Education and the Health Science Technology Education Division of ACTE. HOSA's two-fold mission is to promote career opportunities in the health care industry and to enhance the delivery of quality health care to all people. HOSA's goal is to encourage all health occupations instructors and students to join and be actively involved in the HSTE-HOSA Partnership.

HOSA provides a unique program of leadership development, motivation, and recognition exclusively for secondary, postsecondary, adult, and collegiate students enrolled in HSTE programs. HOSA is 100% health care!

Since its inception in 1976, HOSA has grown steadily reaching nearly 107,000 members through 47 chartered HOSA State Associations and approximately 3,000 secondary and postsecondary/collegiate chapters in 2008-2009.

HOSA is not a club to which a few students in school join. Rather, HOSA is a powerful instructional tool that works best when it is integrated into the HSTE curriculum and classroom. HSTE instructors are committed to the development of the total person. Those who join the HSTE-HOSA Partnership recognize the importance of providing students with training far beyond the basic technical skills needed for entry into the health care field. The rapidly changing health care system needs dedicated workers who, in addition to their technical skills, are people-oriented and capable of playing a leadership or followership role as a member of a health care team.

HOSA's mission is especially critical when considering the acute shortage of qualified workers for the health care industry. It is essential that the HSTE-HOSA Partnership maintain its momentum and encourage all HSTE instructors to integrate HOSA into their curriculum and classrooms.

 Mrs. Kupferer's website