Health Services
Health Care
School Health Care services help students adopt healthy habits that foster a physically and emotionally healthy school environment. The primary role of the school nurse is to support student learning. The school nurses and health aides accomplish this by implementing strategies that promote student and staff health and safety. The nurse takes a leadership role in serving as the coordinator of all school health programs in the following manner:
Health Education (provides health education to students, staff and parents)
- Healthy Environment -- identifies health and safety concerns in the school environment, conducts screenings and health histories.
- Nutritional Services -- supports healthy food services programs
- Parent/Community Involvement -- promotes community involvement in assuring a healthy school, serves as school liaison to our Wellness Committee.
- Staff Wellness -- provides health education and counseling, promotes healthy activities and environment for school staff
Extended Day Instructional Program
Oak Lawn Hometown School District 123 will provide an Extended Day Instructional Program for special education, English Language Learners and at-risk students in need of supplemental instructionalsupport. The sessions will focus on short-term subject area needs, long-term academic strategies, and positive study skill development, with a concentration onliteracyand mathematics fundamentals. Participation is based upon the PST referral process.
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