Healthcare and Bioscience
Prepares students for patient care and life science careers with lab-based coursework and clinical skills. Includes biomedical science, nurse aide, EMT, sports medicine, and biotechnology with authentic simulations and industry practices.
- Median Salary
- $83,090
- Job Growth
- +7%
- Annual Openings
- 1,900,000
- Career Paths
- 50+
Data from the Occupational Outlook Handbook (May 2024 wages, 2024-2034 projections).
Programs
Specialized programs offered at participating schools across the district.
Provides a sequenced biomedical sciences pathway with lab-rich courses in human anatomy and physiology, biotechnology, medical interventions, and research methods, integrating case studies, clinical skills, and partnerships like CSU VR mentoring to prepare students for healthcare and life science degrees and careers.
Frederick High School
Offers a P-TECH pathway where students earn a high school diploma plus a no-cost associate degree in a biochemistry-focused program, launched as EagleTECH in 2019 with industry and higher-ed partnerships that connect learning to real-world biochem applications.
Frederick High School
Provides a sequenced MBSA pathway with required and elective courses such as Introduction to Healthcare Foundations, plus extended learning like hospital tours and healthcare experiences, preparing students for health science and bioscience fields through rigorous, college‑preparatory instruction.
Longmont High School
Provides a sequenced biomedical sciences pathway with lab-rich courses in human anatomy and physiology, biotechnology, medical interventions, and research methods, integrating case studies, clinical skills, and partnerships like CSU VR mentoring to prepare students for healthcare and life science degrees and careers.
Frederick High School
Provides a sequenced MBSA pathway with required and elective courses such as Introduction to Healthcare Foundations, plus extended learning like hospital tours and healthcare experiences, preparing students for health science and bioscience fields through rigorous, college‑preparatory instruction.
Longmont High School
Offers a P-TECH pathway where students earn a high school diploma plus a no-cost associate degree in a biochemistry-focused program, launched as EagleTECH in 2019 with industry and higher-ed partnerships that connect learning to real-world biochem applications.
Frederick High School
District-Wide Programs (6)
Available to students across all St. Vrain Valley Schools.
Prepares students for sports medicine and athletic training through the Health Sciences pathway, starting with Introduction to Sports Medicine and progressing to courses that cover injury prevention, evaluation, taping, rehabilitation, and emergency response, with opportunities to pursue related certifications and healthcare roles.
Career Elevation and Technology Center
Prepares students to deliver pre-hospital assessment and emergency care for patients of all ages, building skills in patient evaluation, airway and bleeding management, trauma and medical emergencies, and readiness for state EMT testing.
Career Elevation and Technology Center
Trains for outpatient clinic roles with patient intake, vitals, injections, EKGs, basic lab tests, specimen handling, and front-office tasks (scheduling, EHR, insurance), typically aligning to certifications like CCMA/CMA.
Career Elevation and Technology Center
Offers an introductory-to-advanced bioscience pathway culminating in a capstone with neuroscience citizen science and research experiences, enhanced by VR tools to explore clinical and lab environments.
Innovation Center
Explains the advanced scope beyond EMT, including comprehensive emergency care, advanced airway management, pharmacology, IV access, and cardiac monitoring, typically pursued through advanced postsecondary training.
Career Elevation and Technology Center
Prepares students for Colorado Board of Nursing CNA certification through partner-college courses NUA 1001 Health Care Skills and NUA 1070 Nurse Aide Clinical, aligning classroom and clinical experience to the state written and skills exams offered via CETC’s Health Sciences pathway.
Career Elevation and Technology Center
Prepares students for sports medicine and athletic training through the Health Sciences pathway, starting with Introduction to Sports Medicine and progressing to courses that cover injury prevention, evaluation, taping, rehabilitation, and emergency response, with opportunities to pursue related certifications and healthcare roles.
Career Elevation and Technology Center
Offers an introductory-to-advanced bioscience pathway culminating in a capstone with neuroscience citizen science and research experiences, enhanced by VR tools to explore clinical and lab environments.
Innovation Center
Prepares students to deliver pre-hospital assessment and emergency care for patients of all ages, building skills in patient evaluation, airway and bleeding management, trauma and medical emergencies, and readiness for state EMT testing.
Career Elevation and Technology Center
Explains the advanced scope beyond EMT, including comprehensive emergency care, advanced airway management, pharmacology, IV access, and cardiac monitoring, typically pursued through advanced postsecondary training.
Career Elevation and Technology Center
Trains for outpatient clinic roles with patient intake, vitals, injections, EKGs, basic lab tests, specimen handling, and front-office tasks (scheduling, EHR, insurance), typically aligning to certifications like CCMA/CMA.
Career Elevation and Technology Center
Prepares students for Colorado Board of Nursing CNA certification through partner-college courses NUA 1001 Health Care Skills and NUA 1070 Nurse Aide Clinical, aligning classroom and clinical experience to the state written and skills exams offered via CETC’s Health Sciences pathway.
Career Elevation and Technology Center
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"Our St. Vrain Commitment is recognizing each student's unique potential and providing the transformative high school experience that will launch them confidently into their future."
"Frederick High School student, Tanya Alvarado, solidified her passion for medicine through the Biomedical Science Academy. Tanya was able to collaborate directly with CSU undergraduate mentors through the Anatomical Case Studies Virtual Reality course. “I always thought I wanted to pursue a career in medicine, and this experience really solidified that for me,” she shares. “The partnership gave me a sense of what future college classes would look like – especially because this is a college class.” "
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