Crossposted from Seattle Public Schools. “Dear Seattle Public Schools families and community, We continue to share in the nation’s collective grief following the Florida school shooting. Student safety is essential. Seattle Public Schools put in place extensive safety procedures, and we will be reviewing those to do even more. Preventing Gun Violence in Schools However,…
April 2-6, 2018 marked National Public Health Week. In celebration, Public Health–Seattle & King County highlighted the Rainier Beach Teen Health Center, which has been serving Seattle Public Schools students for 30 years. Area Manager Jane Simpson led viewers through the clinic along with Nurse Practitioner, Laura Stuart. Clinic Coordinator, Deborah Stanley; Mental Health Provider,…
The Seattle School Board invites students, parents, partners, and community members to a public forum with final candidates for the next Superintendent of Seattle Public Schools. The forum will take place on Thursday, March 29th, 2018 from 5:00-8:15 p.m. at the John Stanford Center Auditorium (2445 3rd Ave S); it will also be broadcast live on the District’s…
Crossposted from the Best Starts for Kids blog Building a community where young people are valued, respected, and engaged as leaders of today is fundamental to our collective vision for Best Starts for Kids. Next month on this blog, we’ll begin a series of posts about how we can support the young people in our…
In a beautifully crafted video, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has highlighted the community-focused work of Odessa Brown Children’s Clinic, noting the relationship between student health and academic success to which all school-based health services contribute. In the video, Odessa Brown’s Medical Director Dr. Ben Danielson introduces viewers to their three school-based health centers at Garfield High…
In December 2017, Public Health’s School-Based Partnerships team bid farewell to long time staff member, Jessica Knaster Wasse. We wish her well in this new professional adventure and welcome new staff member, Erin MacDougall! Erin will be supporting both Families and Education Levy and Best Starts for Kids work, focusing in a variety of areas…
Crossposted from Public Health Insider. How would you convince a teenager to take vaccines seriously? One approach that can potentially double vaccine coverage rates is to start with their peers. You can learn how that works in this video from a current exhibit at Seattle’s Pacific Science Center called, “Vaccines & Immunity: It Takes a Community.”…
