Healthy kids learn better. The District’s Office of School Health and Wellness aims to create a safe and healthy learning environment by removing health-related barriers so that students can learn, grow, and thrive.

Health-related Services and Initiatives

• Nures: All DPSCD schools have nurse that provides health services. Students in Center-based schools may have 1:1 nurses to provide specialized care.
• Dental and Vision Services: Onsite dental services provided for students; vision screening and glasses for students in need.
• Behavioral Health Services: In addition to social workers and counselors, the District has a partnership with multiple behavioral health agencies that provide behavioral health services directly inside all of our schools
• School-Based Health Centers: Also located directly inside several schools and as free standing entitites. Our school-based health center partners provide students with a full spectrum of health-related services, from physicals to managing chronic disease, behavioral health issues, and more.
• Immunizations: We provide childhood immunizations, COVID and Flu vaccines through our traveling Nurse Vaccine Teams.

Free at-home Cvid-19 tests

Vaccinated? Vaccination, along with testing, is the best way of preventing COVID-19 spread.COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective at preventing infections and hospitalizations. However, even fully vaccinated people have a chance of becoming infected and spreading the virus, so testing remains important for everyone. Anyone age 5 and older is now eligible for vaccination.

At Home Covid Test

What if you test negative? A negative at-home test result means that the test did not find the virus, and you may have a lower risk of spreading COVID-19 to others. Check your test kit's instructions for specific next steps. If you test negative , you should test again within a few days, at least 24 hours between tests. https://www.covid.gov/tests