School Health Services Update: August 24, 2018
Dear Colleagues, Welcome to the beginning of a new school year! Like the children and adolescents we serve, I hope you have come back refreshed, renewed and excited for the many opportunities to improve the health and safety of our students! There is much happening across the state….the email below is filled with important updates, […]
School Health Services Update: July 7, 2018 – Summer Edition
Colleagues, While some of you are away on vacation, many of you are still providing much needed services to our students over the summer months! Many of you are working in your offices, planning programs for the coming year, sorting through volumes of new physical exams and immunization records, cleaning and sorting offices, contacting families […]
Northeast Region – October 29th
Dear Colleagues, I am sending along some resources from Friday’s Northeast Regional School Nurse Meeting. I am so glad that so many of you could join us. I’m looking forward to continuing our work together this year… Mary Ann’s Updates/Discussion: SBIRT discussion…folks continue to request the SBIRT Introductory training here in the Northeast. If your staff need SBIRT please respond to me (Shanyn) with which district/school and how […]
September 11, 2017
Dear Colleagues, Last week MDPH launched our latest public information campaign, Stop Addiction Before It Starts, to encourage parents to talk early and often with their children about the dangers of misusing prescription pain medications. We want parents to know just how strong their influence is when it comes to helping their kids understand the dangers […]
August 28, 2017
Dear Colleagues, Welcome to a new school year! We hope that you’ve had some time to retreat, relax, reflect and renew over the summer! The coming school year is sure to be an exciting one in School Health with lots of changes on the horizon! This email will be the first to update you on […]
May 25, 2017
Dear Colleagues, Much appreciation and many congratulations to our presenters – both oral and poster presentations – that were featured last Thursday at our Promising Practices Day of Celebration! Wow! What a wonderful display of professionalism, knowledge of and conviction to the health and wellness of our students! Each region had an outstanding display of […]