Staff Celebrations
School nurses win Life Saver awards for work in helping students
At the recent state conference of the School Nurses of Washington, two nurses from Seattle Public Schools received awards:
• Jill Eckerdt of Mercer Middle School received a Life Saver Award for her use of an epi pen with a student who was having a life threatening allergic reaction; and
• Chris Cordell at Garfield High School received a Life Saver Award for her work with a suicidal student. She also received an award for her poster “ No Nooses Allowed – Keeping the Suicidal Student Safe.”
Also, Robin Fleming at Franklin High School helped lead a recent presentation at Chief Sealth High School on the “Voices of Meningitis.” Her talk highlighted the dangers of this disease and the importance of immunization.