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Health Services
Jessica Bridges, Nurse
903.657.1483
Kay Creer, Nurse
903.657.1628
Stephanie Miley, Nurse
903.6547.8511 x257
Joy Pipes, Nurse
903.657.8511 x253
Susan Smith, Secretary
903.657.8511 x267
The Health Services staff provides an integrated set of planned, school-affiliated strategies, activities and services designed to promote the optimal physical health of students and employees.
The program involves and is supportive of families and is determined by the local community based on community needs. Programs administered include:
HISD Health and Wellness Policy
Health and Wellness Plan
HISD Healthy Handbook
English
Spanish
Immunization Requirements
Required immunizations for school-age children are listed on the website below. Please contact the H.I.S.D. Nurses' Office at (903) 657 - 8511, Ext. 267 for additional information.
http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/immunize/school/default.shtm
The following clinics in the Henderson area offer the influenza vaccine:
Family Health Clinic (Henderson Memorial Hospital)
Mt. Enterprise Health Clinic
Check with your local physician and/or pharmacy for additional opportunities to get an influenza vaccine.
School Health Advisory Committee
In 2005, the 79th legislature passed SB42. This comprehensive school health education package focused on a number of
significant issues; one of which was the establishment of a state-level School Health Advisory Committee at the Department o
f State Health Services (DSHS). The text of the statute, now codified in the Health and Safety Code, can be found at
http://tlo2.tlc.state.tx.us/statutes/hs.toc.htm ,
Title 12 of Chapter 1001, Subchapter D, Section 1001.0711: SCHOOL HEALTH
ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
TSHAC Guiding Principles
- Assuring a healthy future for all
Texans will guide the work of this committee.
- To that end, we will work to
Support a healthy and safe school
environment that fosters learning.
- We will dedicate our efforts to goals that will produce
Healthier minds and bodies through effective school
health education and services.
- Achieving
Academic success by providing leadership to those
who teach and empower our students will be our
sustaining and overarching charge.
- We will champion the practice of
Coordinated School Health to effectively reach our
goals and objectives through the eight components
of coordinated school health programming.
The last meeting of the HISD School Health Advisory Committee was held on Monday, February 22, 2007, in the HISD Board Room.
The next meeting of the HISD SHAC will be on Tuesday, December 11, 2007. The public is welcome to attend.
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