"What Is AACAL?" By Amanda Alcala

AACAL is Amarillo Area Center for Advanced Learning. I really don't know
why everybody thinks AACAL is just a prep school for very smart kids.
Trust me, it is a school for anyone who is interested in Health Science,
Engineering, Computer Science, Animal Science, and AutoTech. All that is
required of you to join is to keep your grades above an 80 and to have
no serious office problems. I attend AACAL because I want to become a
plastic surgeon. I am part of their Health Science Technology Class.
This is a 4 year program. My freshman year all we did was really go over
medical terms and just learn the medical field. My sophomore year is
when we learned how to take blood pressure, CPR, body systems, and how
to work in the hospital setting. Right now as my junior year is
progressing, we work in the hospitals on Tuesday and Wednesday. Monday,
Thursday, and Friday we take Anatomy and Physiology class. My senior year,
hopefully, I will be a registered assistant nurse and EMT. Even though
that's not what I want to be, it is a really good start.