Six seniors comprise the inaugural group of Academy students to complete internships in the school’s Health Care Connections program.  The program, which has affiliations with the Ochsner Health System and other agencies in the community, is a recent addition to the Academy’s curriculum and is guided by Sister Susan Bagli.

This semester’s interns closed out their time in the program with formal presentations that included a synopsis of their clinical experiences, explanations of the program’s benefits to their educations, and how Health Care Connections helped them to discover the fields they want to follow in college. Students made their presentations at the Ochsner West Bank facility in Gretna.

            Pictured above are the interns and other Ochsner and Academy guests who attended the students’ formal presentations. From left are Dawn Watson; Melissa Adams, Chief Nursing Officer and Vice President of Nursing at Ochsner West Bank; Sasha Simmons; Hillary Chollete; Joan Rooney, Assistant Vice President of Women’s and Primary Care at Ochsner West Bank; Kaitlyn Carriere; Sister Susan Bagli; Alexis Grimes; Katelyn Rodrigue; Betty Miller, Director of Education and the Diabetes Management Center; and Sister Maria Colombo, Academy principal.