Nursing Students celebrate 100 days of school.

Charlton, MA: “Let’s celebrate 100 days!” exclaimed Gretheline Bolandrina, DHA, MSN Ed, RN, CRRN, Academy Director to the PN Class of 2025. So, on January 16, 2025, the Nursing Students on campus and at their respective clinical sites celebrated the 100th day of nursing school in their own unique ways.

To commemorate the event, several professors contributed on their own ways. Professor Shannen Sherman brought 100 days cardboard crowns and flowers for her students at Harrington Hospital while Professor Angela McGrath brought healthy snacks.

“Celebrating the 100th day is celebrating the learning and growing and incorporating some fun,” said Bolandrina. “Nursing school is busy, life is busy, but our nursing students enjoy the build up to this day, and it is amazing to see their progress over the preceding months.”

Originally, the academic premise behind the 100th day is to integrate learning to count with fun activities that encourage young children to explore their environment while applying what they’ve learn in the classroom. This is the first time that the Practical Nursing Academy celebrated the 100th day with the adult learners.

Photo shows members of Team Harrington from left: Elizabeth Achayo of Worcester, Gorret Rusoke of Springfield, Delene Sarsfield of Charlton, Maria De Amorim Hentschke of Worcester, Chalinant Desrosiers of Oxford, and Emily Bamberger of Wales.

About Bay Path RVTHS Practical Nursing Academy:?Bay Path Practical Nursing Academy offers a 40-week, (10-month), full-time, Monday through Friday, evening program. The program begins mid-August and is completed in late June. Graduates receive a Practical Nursing Certificate and are eligible to take the NCLEX-PN licensure exam. The Bay Path Practical Nursing Academy is fully approved by the: Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office of Human Services of Public Health Board of Registration in Nursing 250 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02108 617-973-0900 https://www.mass.gov/orgs/board-of-registration-in-nursing The Bay Path Practical Nursing Academy is accredited by the: Council on Occupational Education 7840 Roswell Road Building 300, Suite 325 Atlanta, GA 30350 Telephone: 800-917-2081 www.council.org Bay Path Regional Vocational Technical High School is fully accredited by the: New England Association of Schools and Colleges 209 Burlington Rd, Suite 201 Bedford, MA, 01730-1433 781-271- 0022 www.neasc.org

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