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    The Kingston City School District Nursing Department’s primary goal is to promote student health and wellness so that each student may reach his or her highest academic potential. 

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    The School Health Services are delivered by School Nurses (Registered Professional Nurses) and School Nurse Teachers (Registered Professional Nurses with Teaching Certifications)

    School Health Services address three general areas of school health.


    1.  Provision of Nursing Care


    • Basic First Aid and Care to students with illness or injuries that occur while at school
    • Specialized Nursing Care for students with ongoing illnesses or disabilities
    • Assessment and Referral to Physician for Medical Care and follow up
    • Medication Administration
    • New York State Mandated Annual Health Screenings(vision, hearing , color perception, scoliosis and growth data, BMI data collection and annual reporting)
    • Liaison between the parent, doctor and school


    2.  School Environmental Health


    • Consultant for building safety concerns
    • Immunization record collection, surveillance and annual  reporting
    • Communicable disease data collection and mandated Health Department Reporting

    3. Mandated Health and Safety Education to Elementary Level Students


    • Abduction Prevention
    • Child Sexual Abuse Prevention
    • HIV-AIDS Prevention

     

    School Health Offices Phone Numbers


    Kingston High School     943-3738
    J. Watson Bailey Middle School    943-3585
    M. Clifford Miller Middle School   943-3656

    Chambers Elementary School    943-3393
    Edward R. Crosby Elementary School   943-3332
    Ernest C. Myer Elementary School   943-3486
    George Washington Elementary School   943-3515
    Harry C. Edson Elementary School   943-3364
    John F. Kennedy Elementary School   943-3110
    Robert R. Graves Elementary School   943-3424


    Good Shepherd School     339-4488
    John Coleman High School     338-2750
    Hudson Valley Sudbury School     679-1002
    Kingston Catholic School     331-9318