2021 Spring HSI Newsletter

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MESSAGE FROM SEQUOIA HEALTHCARE DISTRICT Dear Healthy Schools Initiative (HSI) families, Wearing masks and social distancing have become the social norm and they have made our communities

Please contact your healthcare provider, doctor, clinic, or school nurse, should you have questions about the safety of the vaccine.

safer, healthier, and more tuned into protecting those

I'd like to extend a special thanks to the HSI Wellness

who are most vulnerable. Vaccines have become

Team for their coordinated efforts in their respective

increasingly available, yet they are still beyond reach

districts' re-opening process. I am extremely proud of

for far too many members of our community – a

our collaborative efforts to bring timely and relevant

health equity issue that the Sequoia Healthcare

initiatives, programming, resources, and financial

District is currently addressing. Also, there are some

support to the school community.

who are concerned about the safety of the vaccines, and SHD is one of many health organizations aiming to educate the public about the necessity of being

Karen E. Li, MD Director of School Health Healthy Schools Initiative

vaccinated with the reassurance that this will not only protect them, but their loved ones as well.

Parent Resources

Additional information to help safeguard your family and community

Substance Use Prevention

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI)

Stanford Prevention Toolkit: Cannabis

The Anti-Racist Parent Webinar

San Mateo COVID-19 Vaccine Updates

Cannabis Use and the Young Brain - Dr. Tauheed Zaman

Courageous Conversations About Race and Systemic Racism

Vaccine Safety Spanish Community Forum

Addiction Webinar Dr. Anna Lembke

Diversity in Healing Bandages

Vaccine Safety Vaccine PSA

The Parent Education Series

NEW Parent Forums: Spanish & English Video Library

See Something Say Something Do Something

Parent Green Folders

Spanish & English

CircleUp Trainings in Schools

NEW 24/7 Mental Health Online Resource for All County Students, School Staff & Families

Care Solace


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