Starting with the 2024-2025 school year WCS, in partnership with Marshall Health Network and Cabell County Schools, is launching a new CTE program for students called MedEx.
The first MedEx class will be made up of students from Wayne High School and Cabell Midland High School. MedEx is a two-year healthcare program that introduces high school students to the healthcare field. This program was made possible through a partnership with, Marshall Health Network, the Education Alliance, Wayne County Schools, Cabell County Schools, and the West Virginia Department of Education.
The program also provides opportunities for on-the-job experience. In the last semester of this program, students will be eligible to be compensated while at the hospital. The MedEx program was modeled after a similar manufacturing program that originated with Toyota.
To officially commit to the program, Wayne High School Students, along with their counterparts from Cabell Midland, signed their acceptance letters during a ceremony Wednesday morning.
The ceremony was held at the St. Mary's Center for Education in Huntington. When the program begins next fall, students will be working at St. Mary's Medical Center, along with the three other hospitals in the Marshall Health Network Program (Cabell Huntington Hospital, Hoops Family Children Hospital, and Rivers Health).