10th Graders Complete CHAMPS
Three Berkshire tenth-graders, Lexi Caponi, Amy Pfiester and Joanne Miller, completed the two-week CHAMPS (Careers in Health and Medical Professions) program at Cleveland State University.
The program initially was started to encourage underrepresented students (women and minorities) to pursue medical careers.
The three young ladies participated with other highly motivated tenth- and eleventh-graders from inner-city Cleveland and the surrounding suburbs in order to research the antimicrobial properties of various spices.
Each research team then wrote a paper describing its findings and presented the results to parents and members of the community.
Students also heard from professionals in the field and visited a community health center in the Hough neighborhood.
