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Innovative school on medical campus opens student's eyes to future nursing career

Written by DSST Public Schools | 11/08/23

The 14-year-old wants to become a nurse someday.

She lives in Aurora, adjacent to the Anschutz Medical Campus, the only academic medical center in the Rocky Mountain region. Also on campus is Bri Hayes’ innovative school, Aurora Science & Tech (AST).

Even so, Bri had never met a nurse until she and her fellow AST ninth graders took a field trip and walked from their school at 2450 N. Scranton St. a few blocks south to see the ER and other parts of UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital.

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