The student of the week for the week of March 17, 2025, is health assistance student Jaiden Thomas

Jaiden is a student at Smethport High School. At the Seneca Highlands CTC, he has achieved his OSHA 10, Stop the Bleed, BLS, and Nurse Aide registry. After school and weekends, he works at Lakeview Senior Care. Jaiden can also be found volunteering in various community activities. He has a love of music, which is shown through his high school band and guitar lessons he takes outside of school.
Jaiden is an inspiration in the classroom. He is always willing to try new things, such as participating in the health assistant’s first annual wellness challenge. He has a positive and helpful attitude that has helped his fellow classmates to push beyond their comfort levels. Jaiden is well liked by his classmates for his sense of humor and nonjudgmental attitude.
Academically, Jaiden is an excellent student who aspires to become a doctor in the future. He has begun his higher education by taking dual enrollment credits in medical terminology and anatomy and physiology through Penn Cole. He also attended the Northern PA Regional College over the summer to complete a class in sociology. He is currently seeking scholarship opportunities to fund classwork at the University of Pennsylvania this summer.