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Page 9 Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, November 24, 2004 Fall sports awards listed at IVHS (From left) Marshall Hamilton, a registered nurse; Carolyn Litak, a physician’s assis- tant; and Zephyr Martin, receptionist, all at the Lorna Byrne Middle School Student Health Center. (Photo by Christina Hill) Student Health Centers at LBMS, IVHS providing attention to varied ailments By CHRISTINA HILL Correspondent From headaches to im- munizations to sports physi- cals, valley students can find all the answers they need just down the hall in their student health centers. Center employees serve students with a tender touch, for virtually no cost. However, the employ- ees bandaging wounds and curing ailments are not em- ployed by Three Rivers School District. Rather, they are regis- tered nurses, physician’s assistants and nurse practi- tioners from the Josephine County Public Health Dept. and the Siskiyou Commu- nity Health Center (SCHC). They are part of an effort to make health care available to every student. At Lorna Byrne Middle School, the student health center started in 1999 and is funded by SCHC. Students at Evergreen also receive care through the site. “At Evergreen there’s not an actual student health center run by Siskiyou,” said Carol Meyers, SCHC clinic operations officer. “But,” she said, “they do have a health office, which Marshall Hamilton, the registered nurse at Lorna Byrne, visits about 20 hours a week.” At Illinois Valley High School, however, the stu- dent health center is funded by the county health depart- ment, and the services stu- dents receive are almost identical to those provided elementary and middle school students. According to Meyers, they offer students a broad range of services. “We treat headaches and stomach aches,” she said. “We give immuniza- tions and do regular and sports physicals; and if the student has a sore throat, we’ll do a strep test,” Meyers said. Carolyn Litak, a physi- cian’s assistant at LBMS, said that either her or Hamil- ton, will evaluate the student and decide what needs to happen. “We try to keep them in school, but if it’s more seri- ous, we’ll call the parents, or if it’s a real emergency we’ll call 911,” said Litak. Of course, these are only a few of the many ser- vices available to students. And, parents have to give their consent for their child to be treated first. “At the beginning of the school year we send a very comprehensive packet of information and it includes a permission slip that parents must sign for students to be seen,” said Meyers. Said Litak, “It’s very convenient for those parents who can’t take time off work to take their child to the doctor, so they send them to school and we can do almost everything here. “Right now we have a lot of students getting physi- cals for sports and most in- surances don’t pay for sports SnAK project underway physicals, but we offer physicals for $10, which is a real service to the commu- nity, because most doctors charge $150 or more.” Litak added that many students from the high school visit the health center at LBMS for physicals. “The health center at the high school is not open as many hours as it needs to be, so some students end up walking down here to be seen,” according to Litak. Litak has worked for SCHC for six years. More than five have been spent working in the student health center at LBMS. “When the health center opened, I was working in a small closet in a hallway and it was just me, an exam table and a desk,” she said. “Then we hired Mar- shall and another nurse,” she recalled, “and on top of that, we had a coordinator in there, so it was very squishy. We worked in the basement, which flooded a lot. “So this is heaven for us now, working in this new building that doesn’t flood,” Litak said with a laugh. The health center exists because of grants received by SCHC. “The health center is a clinic that is attached to Siskiyou Community Health Center,” Meyers said. “We’re federally quali- fied, which means that we get federal grants and so the health center is funded through grants. The school provides us with the facility and the charter to work there. We work closely with the school in everything we do,” Meyers said. Besides stitching lacera- tions and bracing broken bones, Litak and staff have taken part in a year-long study that involves pedome- ters and sixth-grade stu- dents. They hope to address the nation’s growing prob- lem of overweight children. “We started a program called SnAK, an acronym for Strong and Active Kids,” Litak said. “The SnAK program only works with the four sixth-grade classes,” she said. “At the beginning of the year, we take baseline measurements such as their height, weight, body mass index and blood pressure. “We got a grant from the Cow Creek Foundation that allowed us to buy pe- dometers. Two of the four classes will wear the pe- dometers for the rest of the year, and every morning their teacher will ask them to write in their log what they ate the day before, how many servings of fruits and vegetables they had, how many steps they took, how many hours of television they watched and so on. “So, it makes them really aware of their body’s health,” she said. The goal for students is to take at least 10,000 steps a day. And, to help students stay active, they are invited to participate in a variety of after-school activities twice a week. “Twice a week, all year long, for an hour and a half after school, we offer fun activities for sixth grade students to participate in,” Litak said. “They include dodge ball, badminton, walking, hiking, biking, swimming, dancing, cook- ing and so much more.” For more information on SnAK or to volunteer to help lead after-school activi- ties, phone Litak or Hamil- ton at 592-6978. Awards for fall sports athletes recently were be- stowed at Illinois Valley High School. Recognized as “Scholar Athletes” for maintaining minimum grade-point aver- ages of 3.5 while participat- ing in sports activities were: Cheerleading Kiley Reynolds, Roxi Holmes, Jenny Bebb and July Sheridan. Football Jake Tardie and Austin Hocker. Volleyball Serena Barry, Echo Reagan and Emily Dudley. 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