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By 5TJT Staff
Published on Thursday, November 08, 2007 -
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More than 50 kindergarten students at Harlem’s PS 197, who were officially welcomed into Project Aspire at the Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine (TouroCOM) at the school’s opening ceremonies on October 15, started their medical education with an anatomy lesson at their school in the latter part of October.
Wearing the pint-sized lab coats issued to them for the program, the children were introduced to several full-size skeletons. In small groups, the students were taught about bone structure by TouroCOM medical students under the supervision of a professor of anatomy.
Project Aspire is an initiative of TouroCOM to inspire children in Harlem to eventually seek careers in health sciences, including medical school, and after graduation hopefully work in their community. Each year, Project Aspire will initiate incoming kindergarten classes into the program. All participants will be included in lessons and projects at TouroCOM until they graduate from high school. Project Aspire is also seeking qualified minority college students to apply to TouroCOM and receive financial aid if necessary.
Paulette Johnson, assistant principal at PS 197, remarked after the Halloween assembly, “This is a day the children will never forget.”
“The energy and excitement exuding from the children, the medical students, the professors, and the teachers confirmed for us that Project Aspire will make a difference in the lives of all our medical students, from the class of 2011 to the class of 2024,” said Stephen Phillips, director of the Children’s Health Education Foundation at Touro College. ♦
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