Sixteen high school students from the Atlantic County Institute of Technology (ACIT) visited various elementary classrooms on Tuesday, January 25 to teach students about the importance of dental hygiene, an educational visit facilitated by school nurse Carrie Jorgenson.
Jorgenson said the ACIT students gave 20-minutes presentations on dental hygiene to every class from kindergarten to the 4th grade. “Our students loved the presentations that included using puppets with teeth,” Jorgenson said. “It was very effective and fun.” Each ACS student also received an oral hygiene kit that included a toothbrush and toothpaste.
Two ACIT teachers, Gaby Coslop and Jessica Crompton, accompanied the team of students, who are part of the ACIT Dental Assistant Concentration.