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Matt Waite checking teeth of young student

Classrooms were converted into a buzzing health for several hours this week.  What an organized system!  The teachers wrote the student's name on a piece of paper which they took to the first "station" where they were weighed and measured.  They then proceeded to the next area where they had a dental check -- the first ever for most of the kids.  Finally they lined up to have their eyes examined.  We will collate the findings and plan future interventions for the kids identified with high needs in any of these areas.  Preliminary findings suggest that most kids had pretty good dental health although a few were in very bad shape.  The eye check was similar with most kids at 20/20 or 20/30 with only 8 or so (out of 200) showing a need for glasses.  We have previous data on height and weight so we'll be comparing our findings with those from a year ago.