This semester has been crazy and full of fun. Starting off the school year on October 22nd we had our fall leadership conference in Reno. This year there were three other organizations involved; FCCLA, Deca, and FBLA. Within our organization we won two “awards”, one for biggest group with about 25 and another for longest distance traveled. We were very excited. During our long trips we have all grown together—Elko and Spring Creek students alike—into one big HOSA family…and like families we like to get together and PARTY!!!!! Throughout the semester we had parties and get-togethers and had a blast. We had potlucks for our Cystic Fibrosis fundraiser and we had the Colors for Cancer obstacle course at Elko High School. It was great to see all the people how came a supported our fundraisers. We also had holiday parties and even did a secret Santa gift exchange. During our Thanksgiving potluck we had a Guesstures tournament. The 1^st place trophy was given to our former president Bruce Bonich and our recruiter Kevin Terral.

With the semester coming to an end we had to say good bye to our former president Bruce Bonich, in which we had a breakfast party on his last day. We then sent him on his way with a little reminder of the Elko County HOSA chapter with a mini skeleton. We then welcomed our current president Jakob Tsosie with open arms and our look forward for the upcoming competitive season.