Cal-HOSA State Leadership Conference 2024

.On April 3, 2024 the Mountain House High School Chapter of HOSA Future Health Professionals departed Mountain House High School to compete in the Cal-HOSA State Leadership Conference in Anaheim, California. Over the following three days students competed against thousands of the best of the best in California. Additionally, students participated in a variety of enriching activities such as a college/career expo or workshops like anatomy and physiology trivia, stress management, recreational therapy, medical escape rooms, suturing clinics and more.  It is fair to say that the ninety-one students arrived back in Mountain House on Sunday tired but enriched. The following is a list of the Top Five Finalists along with other awards that the chapter achieved.   (Note: over a third of the MHHS attendees were Top 5 finalists.


Medical Innovation 

  • Gold Medal - Maanya Lade, Hasini Chintalapati, Abhirami Nair, Lathika Arul

  • Bronze Medal - Lakshita Kutnikar, Marylin James, Ananya Prakash, Areebah Siddiqui

  • 5th place - Aarya Dhande, Sahasra Dronavalli, Isabella Raianne Fontecha, Waner Liu

Prepared Speaking 

  • Bronze Medal - Yusra Mohamed Ali

  • 4th place - Sachnoor Kaur

Dental Terminology

  • Silver Medal - Yusra Mohamed Ali

Public Health

  • Bronze Medal - Thrishika Vuppalanchi, Anvi Malavalli, Santhosh Senthil, Titiksha Chaudhary, Keya Erande

  • 5th place - Naga Patri, Abrielle Manabat, Safiur Rahman, Sai Lakki

Public Service Announcement

  • Gold Medal - Srimythri Grandhi, Krishnaa Patkar, Sahasra Cheekati

  • Bronze Medal - Zayan Wasif, Caleb Cabrera, Ezekiel Tolentino

Researched Persuasive Writing & Speaking

  • Bronze - Poorvi Sthavarmath

Community Awareness

  • 4th place - Vaidehi Chandra, Michelle Vaiz, Gowshik Ganesan

Epidemiology 

  • 4th place - Navya Kalahasti

Cultural Diversity and Disparities 

  • 5th Emi  Buczynski

Barbara James Finalists

Gold

  • Lakshita Kutnikar

  • Rishika Tellamsetty

Bronze

  • Sahasra Dronavalli

  • Aashritha Mahavadi

  • Suhana Mishra

  • Eucharistia Peter

Organizational Leadership Finalists

  • Abhirami Nair

  • Anisha Pandey

  • Keya Erande

Chapter Award - HOSA Happenings 

Cal-HOSA Merit Scholarship - $1000

For those who promote excellence in health science careers education, community service, and HOSA involvement

  • Lakshita Kutnikar

Board of Directors Leadership Scholarship - $1000

For those who promote leadership development for local, state, and national officers

  • Lakshita Kutnikar

The final award won for the MHHS chapter was 1st Place in the Talent Show. The reward for this was that Mountain House High School received reserved seating in front of the stage at the Grand Awards Ceremony. The amazing student who won this was Diya Dileep with an amazing cultural dance.  

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