Health Services

 The Oconee County School System promotes the health, safety and well being of all students by providing each school with a school nurse on a daily basis. We have a staff of 10 nurses dedicated to the mission statement:

“Children must be Healthy to Learn and Learn to be Healthy”

The definition of school nursing adopted by the Board of the National Association of School Nurses is:

“School nursing is a specialized practice of professional nursing that advances the well being, academic success and lifelong achievement of students. To that end, school nurses facilitate positive student response to normal development; promote health and safety; intervene with actual and potential health problems; provide case management services; and actively collaborate with others to build student and family capacity for adaptation, self management, self advocacy, and learning.”

Services provided by the school nurses include:

1. Promotion of healthy life styles.
2. Health care counseling or guidance to students, their family, and to staff.
3. Identify health concerns by observation and assessment of needs, and provide appropriate care.
4. Medication management.
5. Immunization verification according to state law.
6. Screenings: vision, hearing, dental, blood pressure, scoliosis.

The School Nurse team is available to all students, their families and staff to discuss any questions or concerns.

Faye Warden RN
Lead Nurse
North Oconee High School

Amy Young RN
Oconee County High School

Paige Black RN
Malcom Bridge Middle School

Kathleen Miller LPN
Oconee County Middle School

Cheryl Moore RN
High Shoals Elementary

Claire Davis RN
Rocky Branch Elementary

Amanda DeBord RN
Malcom Bridge Elementary

Ivy Willoughby RN
Colham Ferry Elementary School

Kathy Dover RN
Oconee County Elementary School

Jill Whitesell RN
Oconee County Primary School