Arthur A. Benjamin Health Professions High School (AABHPHS) is a high school in the Upper Land Park neighborhood of Sacramento, California. It is a member of the Sacramento City Unified School District.
History
During the fall of 2002, developers met with other founding partners to discuss the potential merits of a small healthcare high school for Sacramento. A perceived shortage of healthcare workers in the Sacramento area encouraged the opening of the school.
In 2005, a temporary campus was built for inaugural freshmen for one year. In late 2006, the final campus was completed.
AABHPHS is named after the late US Air Force Senior Master Sergeant Arthur A. Benjamin, who was also a life support systems specialist and instructor in the United States Air Force; prior Director for the U.C. Davis Medical Center Cancer Ward; prior Air Force Junior ROTC instructor from nearby Hiram Johnson High School, and prior principal for Hiram Johnson.
Policies and Curriculum The school has a strict scrub uniform policy. It focuses on college preparation and certifications such as Certified nursing assistant, CPR/BLS and Stop the Bleed
Extracurricular and academic activities
The school offers many extracurricular activities that include: badminton, basketball, volleyball, Latino club, yearbook, leadership, socialist student union, black student union, photography, and Baile folklórico.
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