Health Center

“Why does a public school need this?” A parent asked me during the first couple of months The Health Center had opened a clinic at Blue Ridge Elementary School. The parent had written this question in bold lettering at the top of a survey we had sent out to parents weeks earlier. It was the same question I had asked myself before applying to my current position as the AmeriCorps member at The Health Center. Why would a public school [...]

Children who use school-based health centers have fewer hospitalizations, use emergency rooms less, are three times more likely to graduate, are half as likely to be absent from school, and increase their grade point averages when their care includes counseling. Click “Read More”, below, for source links to The National Assembly of School-Based Health Care (NASBHC) and The Centers for Disease Control.