Stamford CSD

 A Bassett Healthcare SBHC is a medical office in the school building, in partnership between a school district and the Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital. A SBHC provides comprehensive health care services to students in pre-kindergarten through 12th grade at the school. It can work with your healthcare provider in caring for your child. For children without a primary healthcare provider, the SBHC staff may become that provider. If a child needs care when school is closed, the parent may decide where to go, including area Bassett Healthcare sites when there are available openings.

Flu vaccines are currently available at CHAMPS (our School-Based Health Center). 

There has been a delay in mailing out the flu consents this year, but they are still available at no charge to you. Please stop by CHAMPS and talk to Patty Brewster or call them at 652-2065 to schedule an appointment for your child/children.

Despite Risk Of Death Due To Flu, Nearly Half Of Americans Abstain From Vaccinations.

The Washington Post (10/5) reported the US CDC says that during the 2017-2018 flu season, the virus “killed about 80,000 Americans...the most in decades.” The Post said data also show that fewer than half of Americans become vaccinated against the flu, “the most important way for everyone older than 6 months to protect against serious cases of the ailment, according to the CDC.” According to a Rand Corp. study of unvaccinated adults, “roughly 1 in 4 of those surveyed said they didn’t get the flu shot because they didn’t think they needed it.” However, experts say that perspective neglects to “take into account how deadly flu can be to healthy people,” the Post said. Indeed, a 2018 study in the journal Pediatrics “found that half of children who die of the flu have no underlying medical conditions.” The piece added that nearly “80 percent of children who die of the flu are unvaccinated, the CDC says,” and the American Academy of Pediatrics began urging parents in September to get children “the flu shot ‘as soon as it is available.’” 

• 5-or more servings of fruits and vegetables
• 2 hours or less recreational screen time
• 1 hour or more of physcial activity
• O sugary drinks, more water and low fat milk

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prepared meals--made with love--as much as you can.

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