Julie Zemojtel teaches Honors and regular CTE Allied Health Biology at Lake Havasu High School. She also serves as a co-advisor for the HOSA “Future Health Professionals” Club.

Julie has been employed by the Lake Havasu Unified School District for the past 27 years, and has taught general science, anatomy & physiology, integrated science, honors biology, and traditional biology in addition to her current CTE Allied Health Biology teaching assignment.

She began teaching the CTE Allied Health Biology classes and leading the HOSA “Future Health Professionals” Club in the fall of 2020. She has had a wonderful experience nurturing her students' love of all things biology, and health professions related ever since. As a HOSA “Future Health Professionals” Club advisor, she has seen her students capture 1st place in Regional competitions, place in the Top 3 at the State level competition, and have six students qualify to advance to the International level of competition, which has been absolutely thrilling.

Julie continues to look forward to more exciting anatomy dissections in the CTE Allied Health biology classroom, as well as the competitive event season for HOSA for many more years to come!

Lake Havasu’s HOSA “Future Health Professionals” Club traveled to Chino Valley, AZ on February 10th, 2023 to compete in the HOSA Regional Competition.

We are proud to announce that all competitors took 1st place in their respective events!

Japen P.—1st place in Healthy Lifestyle

Lydia W. & Havana C.—1st place in Health Education

Briana M., Keely L. & Tima A.—1st place in Medical Innovation

All of these competitors will advance to the State level competition in Tucson, AZ at the end of March to compete against HOSA chapters from all around Arizona. Best of luck to our Regional winners!

The CUSA Computer Club met and worked with “Makey Makey” Kits. These kits allow students to turn ordinary objects (like bananas) into a hand-held game console to control the game.

Our Marketing students recently attended the Student Council State Convention for AASC.

This year’s theme for the event was ‘The Nature of Leadership’. They were able to participate in a variety of team bonding and leadership workshops. They got to hear from excellent keynote speakers who touched on ideas ranging from the importance of kindness, to the importance of our voices being heard, and finishing with the importance of safe driving. They were able to take home great new ideas that we are looking to incorporate here at Lake Havasu High School.

The students were inspired to find ways to make sure that we are a school that cares about kindness. They also discussed the idea of bringing a motivational speaker to our students so that they can also hear the heartfelt words shared with us at our convention. It was amazing getting to see them in that environment filled with other student leaders who all want to learn new ways to make their schools better for ALL students.

The Business class FBLA officers went to the Monday Rotary meeting to present current club activities. The students spoke about the Phoenix Suns game they attended, the Fall Fun Fest they participated in, the FLEX conference in Phoenix, the regional competition in Phoenix and the upcoming state leadership conference in Tucson. The officers answered questions from the Rotary members and at the end, the club was presented with a sizeable donation to help towards travel expenses.

CTE Community Open House Event was held on Feb 8th. The event was open to all 8th grade students, their parents and community members.

Students who participated in the 8th grade tour, were able to bring their parents to see what high school courses they were interested in taking. The event was also open to the community and program stakeholders.

LHHS hosts 17 CTE programs and is proud of the impact each program has on our students leadership skills and hand on application to the work environment.

In Business Management - so far - the following students have earned their Retail Industry Fundamentals certification.

Frank A., Madeline B., Dominic F., Sienna G., Dylan M., Lucian P., Jefferey R., Devan T. and Haley W.

2nd semester has started, and so have our Advanced classes certifications! The Advanced Cabinetmaking students are hard at work taking an OSHA-10 certification course, allowing students to graduate with an OSHA-10 Construction certification.

So far - the following students have earned their OSHA -10 Construction certificate.

Caleb B., Layla R., David R., Carson P., Colin S., Corey V., and Cohen H. and Jacob S.

This course is an average of 10 hours long, with students taking the course online, with reinforcement done in the classroom. Those students that have completed the course, are currently collaborating with the Stagecraft program building a stair set for an upcoming performance.

The Introduction to Cabinetmaking students, are currently hard at work constructing their cabinet cases learning the differences in circular saws, and blade types.

Last, and most certainly not least, the Fundamentals students are currently working on power-tool safety, and are beginning their first hand tool project, the first of two they will have this semester, with the second being a larger power tool based project.

Software and App Design student Maya A. has been named as a National Aspirations in Computing Award Recipient. Students are chosen for their aptitude and aspirations in technology and computing, as demonstrated by their computing experience, computing-related activities, leadership experience, tenacity in the face of barriers to access, and plans for post-secondary education. This year, 40 winners and 360 honorable mentions were selected from more than 3,300 amazing, talented young applicants.

Congratulations Maya and to her software and app design teacher Michelle Burke!

The Advanced Fire Service class has completed a practice CPAT (Candidate Physical Ability Test). The physical agility test is required to be hired as a Firefighter, Search & Rescue, and Fire Hose Operations.

Earlier this month they visited Jamaica Elementary with Miss Kelly to speak with the 6th graders about our CTE Program.

Advanced Music and Audio class set up the different mics and did a microphone shoot out to show different characteristics of microphones. Music and Audio students did set up the studio and perform recording sessions. All students assisting in the engineering.

Early Childhood students did hands-on learning and worked together in small groups to create an infant classroom, following AZ Licensing information.

Law and Public Safety students in Crime Scene earned their Crime Scene certifications! The certification involved properly measuring and sketching a crime scene along with passing a written test.