Monroe Public Schools' Mary Myers earns school nurse administrator award

Monroe Public Schools Director of Health Services Mary Myers was recently awarded the School Nurse Administrator of the Year award at a conference of the School Nurse Organization of Washington.

Myers has worked as a Monroe Public Schools nurse for nearly 30 years, her own now-grown children attending Maltby Elementary. She began her career as a pediatric nurse at Seattle Children's Hospital and Woodinville Pediatrics before joining MPS.

"I look at the work I do as a shared role, with my administrative team, my colleagues and the community that work side by side with me,GÇ¥ Myers said in a statement. "I've had the opportunity to work with such wonderful people. If you have the willingness to be collaborative, you can do really great things. To be recognized was quite an honor.GÇ¥

Myers has a master's degree in curriculum and instruction and has been very active in the district's K-12 curriculum, developing with community partners processes for education on sensitive matters, including sexual education and HIV/AIDS. She was also instrumental in introducing LifeSkills Training, a school-based substance abuse prevention program that has become a national model, as well as expanding a threat assessment protocol, according to a news release.