Shining Rock Health Center is a school-based health center available through a partnership with Blue Ridge Health. The Health Center provides affordable medical care to all Shining Rock students, their families, faculty and staff.
Hours and Contact Information
Our health center is open most school days from 7:45 a.m. – 3:45 p.m.
Call 828-692-4289 ext. 4815 for any questions or to schedule an appointment.
Services include:
- Well-child visits and sports physicals
- Managing chronic conditions such as asthma, hypertension, diabetes, etc.
- Evaluating and treating behavioral health conditions such as depression, anxiety, and ADHD
- Screening for other conditions, medication management, and referrals as needed
- Testing for and treating infections, such as cold and flu, strep, pinkeye, etc.
- Evaluating sprains/strains, falls, and minor injuries
- Free nursing assessments including basic first-aid and over-the-counter medication (with consent)
- Coordination with your Primary Care Provider (PCP) as applicable
- Screening, assessment, and treatment planning that is person-centered and family-oriented
- Short-term counseling to encourage development of healthy coping skills
- Brief interventions to help students manage symptoms
- Referrals for additional services
- Consultation with school (with consent) and primary care, as needed
Our Registered Dietitian provides consultation and evaluation of growth patterns and eating habits to meet age-appropriate dietary recommendations. We can help with:
- Weight changes
- Disordered eating
- Sports nutrition
- Vegetarian/Vegan diets
- Diabetes prevention
- High blood pressure and/or high cholesterol
Frequently Asked Questions:
Yes, you can still use SBHC for nurse and urgent care-type visits and still see your regular doctor. We understand that you might already have a PCP or pediatrician. We are happy to offer nursing and urgent care visits to families wanting this type of care while at school. A summary of information from the visit is shared with your PCP/Pediatrician within 24 hours of the documented SBHC visit.
Nursing visits to assess your child’s health concerns are provided free of charge. Primary and urgent care visits are billed through Medicaid or your private health insurance. We offer a sliding fee schedule to lower-income families without insurance coverage. Billable visits require consent from a parent/guardian.
Parent/guardian consent is always required for any student to be treated at the SBHC. This includes giving permission for over the counter medications, vaccinations, and point of care testing such as strep, COVID, and flu.
The SBHC currently provides all documents in English, Spanish, Russian and Ukrainian. For other languages, the SBHC will work with translators to compete needed documents in the family’s preferred language. Blue Ridge Health certified interpreting staff will also be available during appointments via video remote interpretation (VRI) technology, to provide language support for Spanish-speaking families. Other languages are also available through an outside vendor to provide video remote interpretations to families upon request.