Four Washington state high schools receive global health curriculum

WGHA realized the importance of having a high school component to support the goal of promoting Washington as a center for global health. With support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, WGHA Ambassadors was created so that high school students could have access to interdisciplinary global health learning in science, math, and social studies.

WGHA partners are working shoulder-to-shoulder with teachers, students and the communities in four pilot schools:

• Blaine High School
• Cleveland High School
• Health Sciences and Human Services High School
• Toppenish High School  
   

WGHA Ambassadors is working to create curriculum within a professional learning community comprised of many of the state’s most successful curriculum developers. The aim is to ensure that this resource is valuable to, and widely used by, teachers. Teachers within the four high schools are participating in intensive training at Seattle Biomedical Research Institute. Graduate-level credit for Ambassadors has been made available to teachers through Washington State University.

To see what the teachers really think about this program check out the video they made on YouTube.

For more information, contact:
Nona Clifton, WGHA Ambassador Officer
206.256-7423
nona.clifton@sbri.org