PRESQUE ISLE – Madawaska High School communication students and their teacher, Tom Pennington, recently filmed and took part in a health education program at Gould Memorial Hospital.

The program, coordinated by HORIZONS public relations and The Aroostook Medical Center Women’s Health Care Center, allowed the students to learn more about physical and mental health issues surrounding teen-agers today.

Dr. Kausar Chaudhry of HORIZONS Psychiatric Services and Dr. Holly Arato, a family practitioner at HORIZONS Presque Isle Health Center, gave presentations on maintaining physical and mental health and how to recognize warning signs that may require medical attention. Students were given time for questions and answers after the presentations.

The students filmed the entire program, which will be edited and aired on the school’s television station, WOWL-Channel 7. The program will run as “Spotlight on Health,” which was developed last spring in cooperation with WOWL-Channel 7 communication students at the high school, TAMC, HORIZONS and the TAMC Women’s Health Center.