Sports medicine gives students hands-on learning opportunities

When Sehome athletic trainer Maggie Hite relocated to Bellingham in 2014, she noticed the public high schools lacked a sports medicine program.She met with Jeff Tetrick, career and technical education director at Bellingham Public Schools, asking to add sports medicine courses for students to take.“I essentially asked Tetrick for a meeting and said: ‘I’m an athletic trainer, I’m licensed and certified, I have my teaching credentials and I’m trying to start a sports med program,’” H