“We could teach Animal Sciences I, II and III, but once they reached the fourth year, we’d have to send them out to vet clinics to get a spot to get their hours,” Hickey said. The clinic will help Harmony’s students in the Veterinary Assistant magnet program get the toughest piece of their certification - the 500 practical hours working in a clinic. Classroom space in Building 6 was converted into the clinic, with plenty of teaching space to spare. The school has had the tools to open a large clinic, such as examination tables, anesthetic machines, and surgical packs, but it largely went unused - until the local partnership to open this clinic came about. While it waits on a couple more pieces of equipment, like an x-ray machine, the clinic is set to fully open later this fall, Harmony High Principal Jim Hickey said. The final piece was a PetSmart Charities grant of $150,000 awarded to the county to purchase equipment needed and offset operational costs. Local leaders held a ribboncutting Monday. Thanks to a partnership of Osceola County, the Osceola School District, SNiP-It of Central Florida and PetSmart Charities, Harmony Vet Clinic, a low-cost pet care option, is set to open on the school campus. Later this fall, eastern Osceola County lowincome residents will be able to find pet care they normally wouldn’t find or afford, and Harmony High School veterinary care students can get the internship hours they need to leave school fully certified. Teamwork makes the pet ownership dream work.
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