Wear the future.
HOSA is the national student organization for future health professionals, and John Hay has a chapter. Pick an event, train like an athlete, compete across Ohio.
Mon 9:40 case study · chapter 2:30, day announced one week after school starts
Join the chapterMonday case studies, competitive events, and conference trips: Region in January, State in Toledo in April.
An event specialty you own, officer roles you can run for, and rooms full of people headed where you are headed.
A small affiliation fee each fall, posted in September. Money should never be the reason you miss this; talk to Mr. Mendoza privately.
What a meeting looks like
- 01Sit down to a case
A real case is waiting on the table.
- 02Work it
Vitals, history, differentials, as a team.
- 03Sort it
Cards on the table until the diagnosis holds up.
- 04Level up
Train your competitive event with people who push you.
Plenty of members joined without knowing what HOSA stood for. By the first conference, it feels like your league.
You
A competitive event gives you a specialty and a reason to master it. Members practice the skills PLTW names as in demand: teamwork, precision, professional communication.
John Hay
Every medal and every officer elected builds the chapter the next class inherits. HOSA is how our biomedical pathway shows up statewide, in green and gold.
The field
HOSA connects students to the health workforce this region is short on. Chapter members meet the professionals who will one day be their colleagues, and Cleveland needs every one of them.
Careers
Where this points
The skills you practice here are the same ones these jobs run on. Every card carries pay and outlook read straight from O*NET, the US Department of Labor's occupation site, the schools that train for it, and an honest read on what AI is likely to change.
- Registered Nurse
- Physician Assistant
- EMT and Paramedic
- Medical Laboratory Scientist
- +2 more
Inside HOSA
Explore & practice
Pick your event, learn exactly what it tests, and use the prep links to train like an athlete. Team events and individual events each have their own pages below.
Follow what's happening in health careers and medicine. Reading current news is real prep for Biomedical Debate, HOSA Bowl, and your interviews.
HOSA calendar
When we meet
Year at a glance
Community boards
- • Celebrate specifically. Shoutouts name the win, not just the person.
- • Ask anything. No question is too basic, and families are welcome.
- • Protect privacy. First names and last initials only. Never post a phone number, address, grade, or health detail.
Every post is reviewed by Mr. Mendoza before it appears.
No bulletin posts yet. Be the first! 📌
Members and families only. Your post shows just your first name and last initial.
Vetted resources
DRAFT. The year-long cleft lip and palate case we run as HOSA research, with Dr. Atit's lab. Feeds Biomedical Debate, research events, and the capstone.
Ohio HOSAOfficial Ohio chartered association.
Ohio HOSA (national page)Ohio info on the national site.
Official HOSA resources can move or stall. If this link fails, use the current Guidelines hub or ask for the class copy.
HOSA: Future Health ProfessionalsMission, 82 competitive events, conferences.
Official HOSA resources can move or stall. If this link fails, use the current Guidelines hub or ask for the class copy.
HOSA: How to JoinChartering and membership steps.
Official HOSA resources can move or stall. If this link fails, use the current Guidelines hub or ask for the class copy.
BLS Healthcare OccupationsAuthoritative wage and outlook data for health careers.
AAMC: Explore Medicine (high school)Career exploration aimed at high-schoolers.
Questions families ask
No. Some members come for the case studies and the community and never enter an event. Entering one is up to you.
Chapter affiliation requires a small annual membership fee each fall. The exact amount and deadline are posted on the bulletin in September. Cost should never block membership; talk to Mr. Mendoza privately.
Members pick an event (like Medical Spelling, CPR/First Aid, or Health Career Display) and compete at Region, State, and possibly the International Leadership Conference.
Any John Hay biomedical student. Officers are elected from active members, and freshmen are welcome.
Put your name on the roster and pick an event.
Mon 9:40 case study · chapter 2:30, day announced one week after school starts
Drop your HOSA submission in the OneDrive folder, or hand it to Mr. Mendoza in class. Both count. Sign in with your Microsoft (district) account, not a personal one. Nothing is turned in on Schoology: that is where the report-card grade shows up later.
Name the file exactly like this, with two underscores between the name and the title:
Lastname_Firstname__Assignment Title.pdfTwo underscores between the name and the title. Do not put your student ID in the file name: your district sign-in already tells me it is you. A file named any other way is not lost. It waits in a review folder until it is sorted by hand, so it is graded later.
Your receipt. Your own upload panel says Uploaded, with a green check beside the file name. That is your receipt. Screenshot it if you want a record of your own. Do not wait for the file to appear in a list. You should not be able to see anyone else's work in there. If you can see other students' files, stop and tell Mr. Mendoza.
Open the OneDrive drop