1/14/21 MDPH School Health Unit Update

Greetings from the School Health Unit! You have all been in the forefront of my mind as vaccine has begun to roll out, and testing in schools expanded.  I have heard from so many of you, as have the Regional School Nurse Consultants, since the start of the New Year, and I hope that every […]

1/08/21 MDPH School Health Unit Update

Greetings from the School Health Unit! I know you are all on post-vacation overload and I have already communicated with you three times this week (good gravy!), but I wanted to pass along some important information as soon as possible.  I also want to take the opportunity to remind everyone that School Health Unit staff […]

12/08/20 MDPH School Health Unit Update

Greetings from the School Health Unit! Our first BinaxNOW training is filling up, but please remember that you will be unregistered if you are not on the DESE list as having test kits shipped.  You can check in with whomever in your district is designated to receive communications from DESE in this regard to make sure that […]

11/20/2020 MDPH School Health Unit Update

Greetings from the School Health Unit! It has been a tough week for me.  Maybe it was for you too.  Then something happened in a meeting I was part of.  Someone expressed their thanks in a moving and heartfelt way and that caused an avalanche of gratitude in the comments; for the original “thanker”, as […]

MDPH SCHOOL HEALTH UNIT UPDATE: 11/12/2020 Perfectionism

Please see the following communication below from Karen Robitaille, Director of School Health Services, MDPH School Health Unit.  Greetings from the School Health Unit! Perfectionism.  I’ve got it.  In fact, I have struggled with this my entire life.  I’m a Capricorn, an INFJ (Meyers-Briggs personality profile), and the daughter of two parents with perfectionism, so […]

MDPH School Health Unit Update: 10/30/2020

Greetings from the School Health Unit! It was so good to see so many of you at our October regional meetings.  I hope that you are finding these meaningful and useful, and a reminder that feedback is always welcome.  In November we will focus on Working with Local Health Departments, and we hope to see […]

10/15/20 MDPH School Health Unit Update

Greetings from the School Health Unit! It was so wonderful to see so many of you at the CSHS state meeting last week!  I hope you found it as helpful as I did to hear about self and collective care from our very talented colleagues from the BRYT program.  We had about 90 participants in […]

Community Impact Survey from MA-DPH

Dear School Health Colleagues,  The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MA-DPH) is trying to hear from communities so that it can better help people through the COVID-19 crisis. By taking this survey, you can help find new solutions to community problems, and give MA-DPH the information they need to take action and support the communities that […]