Potential Magazine Winter 2016 | Page 40

SCHOOLNEWS Look what River Region schools and students are accomplishing. of health care professionals in the rural parts of the state is an increasing issue and this program was specifically founded to teach high school students and to encourage them to return to small areas of Alabama for practice in their professions. Prattville Christian Academy Student Selected for Exclusive Nursing Program “Being from Moundville, Alabama, I know the importance of doctors and other healthcare professionals in small towns with only one red light and in most cases, only one doctor,” said Mayfield. The Rural Health Scholars Program gives students a chance to experience college life while living on campus and taking two college courses for credit - Chemistry and Creative Writing. They also participate in seminars and field trips as well as receive orientation about health careers. “It was an honor to have been selected as one of the 2016 Rural Health Scholars”, said Mayfield. “Despite the 2:00 a.m . study sessions and the intense courses, I was able to further my passion for nursing and make life-long friends.” Colby Mayfield, Prattville Christian Academy senior, was selected to participate in the Rural Health Scholars Program (RHSP) this summer. Mayfield, chosen in part for his academic achievement, was one of only 25 rising high school seniors to have been selected to attend the five-week program on the University of Alabama’s campus. The lack L16 | Winter 2016 ACA Student Excels Outside the Classroom ACA student Sam Andress is not only an ACA athlete, but an athlete in equestrian sport. He is a world record holder as the youngest Men’s Level 4 in the history of the sport, state record holder as youngest Men’s Level 5 in Alabama, and holds multiple Champion State Cowboy titles. www.potentialmagazine.com