Exciting News from the Nurse's Office!!
The Nebraska Department of Education has awarded Shelby-Rising City School a $3,000 grant for the purpose of supporting a healthy school environment and wellbeing practices through the Nebraska Healthy Schools Program. With the grant money, we are purchasing a Plusoptix vision screener tool. This tool will aid Nurse Denise to better screen students, promote vision health, and improve learning in and out of the classroom.
Eighty (80%) percent of learning in the classroom setting is through vision; so early vision screening and referrals are necessary to promote eye health and classroom success. The tool allows students to simply look at the device for a few seconds and it gives a reading of the student’s visual ability. (No reading/verbalizing of letters or pictures is needed)!
The State of Nebraska’s regulations require a minimum of an annual vision screening be completed for students ages 3-5 years (pre-K), for kindergarten through fourth grade, and for students in seventh and tenth grade. We are so very excited to be receiving this tool to assist in identifying visual problems and help each student succeed in and out of the classroom.
If you have any questions, please contact Denise Humlicek RN,BSN - Shelby-Rising City School Nurse
Mrs. Heather Thompson
Special Education Director
Shelby-Rising City Public Schools
Email: hthompson@shelby.esu7.org
Website: https://www.shelby.esu7.org/
Location: 650 North Walnut Street, Shelby, NE, USA
Phone: 402-527-5946 5718
Twitter: @mrs_thompson007