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Elementary students have been having a lot of fun learning oral health from Mennonite College of Nursing clinical students!  Noah Young was Ridgeview's recipient of the DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution) Good Citizen Award. Noah attended a luncheon at Bloomington Country Club on Thursday, March 9th, in recognition of this accomplishment. Noah was selected based on a winning essay, his excellent citizenship, and his involvement at Ridgeview. Noah was one of 12 students honored from area schools located in McLean County. Noah was awarded a certificate and a monetary gift for his accomplishment.
Ridgeview Jr./Sr. High School has been given a great opportunity to be able to work with a handful of nurses from the Mennonite College of Nursing at Illinois State University. The student nurses come to Ridgeview every Wednesday. Mrs. Schultz’s Health Education classes work with the nurses on a variety of topics. Last week, the nurses came in and talked about blood pressure with the students. They also took the students blood pressure. Then, the students were able to get to practice some hands on experience taking someone else’s blood pressure. The student nurses also did a personal hygiene presentation to all 6th-8th graders in Mr. Ruiz’s classroom. Each student went home with a personal hygiene kit that contained a; toothbrush, toothpaste, bar of soap, shampoo/conditioner, and deodorant. Thank you ISU Student Nurses! Do you often wonder what your blood pressure numbers mean? Doctors call them systolic (the top number) and diastolic (the bottom number) blood pressure.Knowing both is important and could save your life. What Does the Systolic Blood Pressure Number Mean? When your heart beats, it squeezes and pushes blood through your arteries to the rest of your body. This force creates pressure on those blood vessels, and that's your systolic blood pressure. A normal systolic pressure is below 120. A reading of 140 or more is high blood pressure (also called hypertension). What Does the Diastolic Blood Pressure Number Mean? The diastolic reading, or the bottom number, is the pressure in the arteries when the heart rests between beats. This is the time when the heart fills with blood and gets oxygen. A normal diastolic blood pressure is lower than 80. 90 or higher is high blood pressure.   Congratulations to the Junior High State Wrestling team for placing 7th at the IESA State Tournament! Congratulations to 5th grader, Danny Tay for his 6th place medal, 8th grader, Coby Windle for his 2nd place finish and to 3x State Champion, 8th grader, Billy Tay.
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