Helen Keller program staff and Nurse Buck will screen the vision of every Central Park student in grades 1-6 in September. HKI's vision eye doctor will come to Central Park September 27th to perform a refraction assessment & prescribe a free pair of eyeglasses to those who need them. The glasses will be delivered to school in early November. Nurse Buck will screen Kindergarten vision & color vision for male Kindergarten students at a later date.
If you do not wish for your child to participate in this vision screening program, please contact Lisa Buck, Licensed School Nurse, at 651-259-6766 or lisa.buck@isd623.org.
Here is more information about Helen Keller International:
Helen Keller International’s Minnesota Vision Program provides vision care services that include vision screenings and eyeglasses as needed, for students in grades 1 through 6, as well as students who have broken glasses or who are predetermined by their teacher to have vision issues. Thanks to our generous donors we can provide vision services and glasses at no cost to the students or their families.
The HKI Minnesota Vision Program is a community vision care provision program. We bring a team directly to your school to provide free vision screenings, a refraction assessment, and a free pair of eyeglasses to students in your school who need them. Please note, we are designed to complement routine complete eye exams, not to replace them. For those students who require a pair of eyeglasses, the Minnesota Vision Program will deliver the eyeglasses to the school for dispensing within 4 weeks after the initial assessment.
Across many populations in the United States, up to 20-30% of students will need a pair of eyeglasses--significant considering the number of students who will never receive eyeglasses. HKI Minnesota Vision Program can provide a cost-effective health intervention for students. HKI does significant work worldwide to promote vision health. HKI operates in only 4 states in the US.
