The Health Services Program provides medical supervision/services in support of school nurses, health education/health promotion, student assessment, the management of student medical needs, and the  development of district policies and procedures.

School nursing is a specialized practice of professional nursing that:

• advances the well-being, academic success, and life-long achievement of students

• promotes health and safety

• intervenes with actual and potential health problems

• assists with positive student responses to normal development

• collaborate with professionals in other disciplines to build student and family self management, self advocacy and learning.

School nursing assists students in

• achieving optimal wellness to enhance readiness to learn

• improve school attendance rates

• ensure that students entering school are adequately immunized and free of communicable diseases and provides a continuum of health care for all students at school, home and in the community