Sen. Patty Murray visits Highland Middle School Health Center
Washington Senator Patty Murray visited the ICHS Highland Middle School Health Center on April 18, to learn how giving access to medical, dental and behavioral health services right on school campus is helping our Eastside community become stronger and thrive.
By making it easier for students to access needed health care and counseling services, ICHS is helping reduce health disparities for Bellevue families. The bottom line? Healthy students are better able to learn and succeed. The school-based health center, offered in partnership with Youth Eastside Services, ICHS and the Bellevue School District, with funding from Best Starts for Kids, was opened in fall of 2017.
Back row, from left: Kendall Watanabe, ICHS health educator; Rosaly Rivero Gonzalez, ICHS clinic care coordinator; Steven Ono, Highland Middle School counselor; Judy Buckmaster, executive director of community development, Bellevue School District; Katie Klug, Highland Middle School principal; David Downing, director of operations, Youth Eastside Services; Christine Chew, Bellevue School Board president; Tess Sorbo, ICHS nurse practitioner. Front row, from left: Washington Senator Patty Murray; Sherryl Grey, ICHS senior health services manager; Sarah Burdell, behavioral health specialist, Youth Eastside Services.