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Cedar Rapids Community School District health services enhances student success by decreasing health-related barriers to learning. The health services team helps students reach optimum health and enable them to achieve their fullest potential.

School health services contribute to the goals of the education system and the healthcare system by providing screenings and referrals, administering medications and treatments, providing first aid, providing health counseling and education, and supporting students with chronic health conditions to acquire self-management skills.

The school health services team consists of school nurses and health secretaries, working in partnership with the student, his/her parents/guardians and the student’s primary healthcare provider(s).

School nurses

School nursing is a specialized practice of nursing, which protects and promotes student health, facilitates optimal development, and advances academic success. School nurses, grounded in ethical and evidence-based practice, are the leaders who bridge health care and education, provide care coordination, advocate for quality student-centered care, and collaborate to design systems that allow individuals to develop their full potential. The school nurse’s role focuses on factors affecting a child’s learning in school.

The nurse interprets the student’s health care needs to school staff, manages medication administration, and helps in the assessment of physical, social, and emotional health. In addition, school nurses act as a health education resource for teachers, identify health and safety hazards in the schools, and offer health guidance to students and their families. School nurses may have one, and sometimes two, schools depending on student health needs.

Nurse practitioners

Some of our school nurses are also nurse practitioners who provide expanded school health services to students, such as physicals and immunizations, through Metro Care Connection, our school-based health clinics.


Contact a school health office

SchoolHealth SecretaryPhone
319-558-
NursePhone
319-558-
Cedar River AcademyKim Lybrand2477Teri Schloss1437
ClevelandAndrea Sherron2463Lydia Quaid3084
ErskineLynn Kennedy2364Melissa Barker4745
GrantBrandy Lowery2020Teri Schloss1437
Grant WoodCharlene Adams2467Melissa Barker4745
HarrisonAubrey Heck2269Jordan Hagarty4226
Hiawatha Bird Gengler2172Carrie Espinosa4117
HooverGretchen Arcand2370Victoria Leyh1867
Johnson STEAM Academy Maddie Mahoney2174Jordan Hagarty4226
Kenwood Leadership AcademyKathryn Tyner2273Lydia Quaid3084
Madison Aeryka Walker2473Steph Nederhoff1074
Maple GrovePatty Breja2471Anna Myers2031
NixonAlicia Laufer2188Megan Dursky4324
PierceKate Wiley2373Sarah Hamilton3208
TrailsideShelby Louviere2264Rachel Barnd1037
TrumanMichelle Freeman2375Laura Minear3607
Van BurenJune Hamilton (Smith)2377Victoria Leyh1867
Viola GibsonCarolyn Dancey2920Megan Dursky4324
West WillowStacy Johnson2167Erin LeMieux1707
WrightAnne Berger2278Sarah Hamilton3208
FranklinJordan Ogden2452 Lizzie Adams 4762
HardingBrenda Gifford2254Amy Duggan3190
McKinleyAshley Sacora2348Lizzie Adams 4762
RCCBADeb Blythe2153Amy Duggan3190
TaftRebecca Utterback2243Stephanie Nederhoff1074
WilsonNatalie Martin2156Jimmy Bauer3604
JeffersonCarrie Deam2435Samantha Pape3613
KennedyKathy Larson2251Lizzie Adams4762
MetroAmanda Bittorf2193Sara Gordon3844
WashingtonJillian Nassif2161Alexis Becker3571
Polk AECLeesa Jaeger2475Jimmy Bauer3604
Transition CenterSteph Nederhoff1074
City ViewAllie Klinsky2093Sara Gordon3844

Resources


Key contact

Lizzie Adams

Health Services Coordinator