HARLINGEN – Jamaris Nuñez gingerly tightened the scissors around a line of thread, pulling it carefully until the wound had closed.
“I would just like to help with people who are sick,” said Jamaris, 11, a member of the Future Medical Professionals Academy.
She and other Academy members were at the Harlingen School for Health Professions yesterday to demonstrate what they’ve learned the past few months. Mike Morath, Texas education commissioner, was in town for a visit.
One of his stops was HSHP where he met with Harlingen school board members. He toured the school’s Surgical Procedures room which is equipped with an artificial leg with small incisions.
The incisions simulate wounds where students practice suturing. Jamaris and her fellow fifth-graders from Treasure Hills Elementary were demonstrating their suturing skills. However, instead of suturing wounds in a simulated leg, they were stitching up a banana skin.
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