Health Services

Monitoring Air Quality for Impacts to Schools and Activities

September 21, 2022 Brock MolmenDistrict, District News, Health4

September 21 – Air quality is a concern for this afternoon and evening. If your child is scheduled to participate in athletic activities today, please look for a FinalForms email with further information about changes to games or practices.Read More

COVID-19 Guidance for 2022-23 School Year

September 1, 2022 Brock MolmenCOVID-19 Health and Safety, District, District News, Health1

On August 5, 2022, the Washington State Department of Health released updated requirements and guidance to mitigate COVID-19 transmission in K-12 schools and child care. BSD will continue to follow the guidance from WA DOH in the 2022-23 school year.Read More

School nurse standing in doorway to office alongside past photo of the nurse as a student at Bellevue High School

Bellevue High School Graduate Returns to BSD as a School Nurse to Advocate and Care for Students

December 16, 2021 Brock MolmenDistrict, District News, Health, Staff5

BHS graduate Tammy Suen, MSN, RN, returned to BSD as a school nurse to care for students in a way she felt the nurses and counselors cared for her as a 16-year-old student new to the district. She talks about her calling to serve students and why she feels it is an amazing job despite the current challenges.Read More

Fentanyl Crisis: Ensuring Our Students Well-being

February 28, 2020 Chris SumptionCommunity, District, District News, Health2

With the recent news of two students in our community receiving life-saving treatment by the Bellevue Fire Department for pills believed to have been fentanyl or laced with fentanyl, I send you this message to create more awareness about this deadly substance.Read More

Parents: What You Need to Know About Changes to State Immunization Policy for Schools and Child Cares

February 24, 2020 Chris SumptionHealth1

Washington State approved changes to immunization policy that went into effect in August 2020.Read More

a dental assistant smiling at a visitor to the Highland Clinic

School-Based Health Center at Highland Middle School

November 18, 2019 Chris SumptionDistrict, District News, Health, Highland6

Talk to the staff from International Community Health Services (ICHS) and the Highland Middle School Health Center and they have a lot of powerful stories despite that the health center is only in its third year of operation. Staff and health practitioners give students access to care, but they also help to teach students to advocate for themselves.Read More