School-Based Health Care Awareness Month - School-Community Health Alliance of Michigan

School-Based Health Center Awareness Month 2019 Ideas to celebrate! COMMUNICATIONS Be sure the sign in front of your school has a message about SBHC Awareness Month! Also, update your webpage. Make a Presentation to your school or school board about all that you do. Put notes in teacher/staff mailboxes that it’s Awareness month, and stop in for swag, cupcakes, or something small to celebrate. Maybe give them bandaids, hand sanitizer, or Kleenex for their desks!...

Parent: Every community deserves to have a health center

14 Feb 2019

klignell

Advocacy, News, SBHC Advocacy Month, SBHC Story, School health, School-Based and School-Linked Health Centers

I would like to share my gratefulness for a wonderful, top notch health center. The staff at Cherry Health’s Cedar Springs School Health Center are both knowledgeable and friendly. They serve both my child and our community in various ways. From athletic physicals to treating strep throat, children can now have their basic health care needs met right at their own school! This helps to decrease absenteeism. The location is convenient for families, and children...

My Health Story Contest

01 Nov 2017

klignell

Advocacy, My Health Story, News, SBHC Advocacy Month, School-Based and School-Linked Health Centers

What’s YOUR health story? #Myhealthstory School-Based Health Care Awareness Month is the time each year that we pause to celebrate the value of school-based, school-linked and school wellness programs. Each year, we ask youth across Michigan to tell us how a School-Based or School-linked Health Center has improved their health and helped them to succeed in school. DETAILS: Contestants are asked to submit a 300-500 word essay about their experiences with a School-Based or School-linked Health...

My Health Story: Kayla Lugo

24 Mar 2016

klignell

Advocacy, My Health Story, SBHC Advocacy Month, School health, School-Based and School-Linked Health Centers

Kayla Lugo Arthur Hill High School The Arthur Hill High School-Based Health Center has an impact on every student. The SBHC provides services such as counseling, physicals, and much more. Also the SBHC offers dental services twice a year. I personally appreciate the SBHC. At the beginning of the school year the SBHC encourages everyone to fill out a consent form. This is encouraged so that students can utilize the services offered through the SBHC....

My Health Story: Zeaira Chestang

21 Mar 2016

klignell

Advocacy, My Health Story, News, SBHC Advocacy Month, School health, School-Based and School-Linked Health Centers

Zeaira Chestang Corner Health Center When I was in High School I was always miss-behaving and not really caring about anything. I barely went to class and when I did go to class I wasn’t very attentive. One day I went to band and my teacher introduced me to a man by the name of Jay Holden and that was the day my band director opened the door to change for me. Jay was a...

My Health Story: Katana Williams

16 Mar 2016

klignell

Advocacy, My Health Story, News, SBHC Advocacy Month

Katana Williams River Rogue School-Based Health Center Hello my name is Katana Williams and I am a Senior who is attending River Rouge High School. I would like to share my health story. I came in right before Thanksgiving break and I was really sick. I felt like no one could help me. I then came to the health clinic and I got help. Prior to coming to the clinic I felt weak and that I...

My Health Story: Asahni Eichelberger

14 Mar 2016

klignell

Advocacy, My Health Story, SBHC Advocacy Month, School health, School-Based and School-Linked Health Centers

Asahni Eichelberger Saginaw School-Based Heath Center Our School-Based Health Center is important to me because it is very resourceful. If you have any type of ailment throughout the school day, all you have to do is walk down the hall and go to the Health Center. It saves a lot of time as well as money. Instead of you having to call your parents and wait for them to come get you, the Health Center...

My Health Story: Agnes Todd

10 Mar 2016

klignell

Advocacy, My Health Story, News, SBHC Advocacy Month

I am Agnes a student at Adams Upper Elementary School in Westland. I am in the sixth grade. I have been going to the Oakwood Adams Child and Adolescent Healthcare Center for two years. They are really good. They can help students overcome any situation. I think school based healthcare is important. There should be a clinic in every school. If I get hurt I can go there and they will help me. The clinic...