Health Center
The Oakridge Health Center is an anchor of health for Oakridge students and the community. Committed to providing comprehensive medical, mental, and dental health care to youth age 5-21, the Oakridge Health Center is part of the Oakridge Community School Wellness Network.
Appointments
or call (231) 733-6830.
Health Consent Form
Pre-visit forms and confidentiality documents can now be signed electronically using the Hackley Community Care School-Based Consent Form:
Our Health Center Provider
We are so fortunate to be partnered with Hackley Community Care who operates the Oakridge Health Center. Our students will be healthier learners because of this service!
Location & Hours
Oakridge Middle School
- Internal entrance door/room: Suite A
- External entrance from the parking lot through entrance #14
Phone: 231-733-6830
Phone (after hours): 231-737-1335
Regular Hours
Monday-Thursday 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Friday 8:00 am - 3:00 pm
Closed for Lunch from 11:30 am – 12:00 pm
Special Hours
Community Hours | Welcoming patients of all ages
Monday - Thursday 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm
Adolescent Only Hours | Services limited to school-aged youth
Tuesdays 10:30 am to 11:30 am
Who We Serve
- Open to students ages 5-21, not just for teens!
- Before & after school youth ages 5-21 from anywhere can access the Oakridge Health Center
What We Do
Our Staff
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Brittany Hershey, Registered Dental Hygienist
Our Services
The Oakridge Health Center is a full-service primary medical care provider including urgent medical care, mental health counseling, and dental health services.
Medical Services
The Oakridge Health Center is happy to be your child’s “medical home” with parent consent. We honor and refer to existing primary care providers. Services include but are not limited to wellness check-ups, injuries, asthma care, influenza shots, common cold, COVID testing/immunizations, strep throat, sports physicals and many other medical related care concerns.
Mental Health Services
Our mental health providers offer individual counseling therapy for students in elementary and secondary schools.
Dental Services
The Oakridge Health Center is happy to be your dental home. We also provide mobile preventative services at the elementary schools. If your child needs treatment you can go to your own dental provider. If your child doesn’t have a dentist, we will be happy to become your child’s dental home.
988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline
If you are experiencing a mental health crisis and want to speak to someone on the state mental health hotline, please call or text 988. You can also chat with someone at 988LIFELINE.ORG.
This service is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Insurance/Co-Pays
The Oakridge Health Center has a grant to cover medical and mental health copays for children ages 5-21. We will accept all types of insurance. If families don’t have insurance, the Oakridge Health Center can help you coordinate through the marketplace. We also offer a sliding fee scale program. Copays are billed for dental services provided at the Oakridge Health Center.
Parent Consent
The Oakridge Health Center can see children for sickness or acute illness without a parent present, as long as there is a signed consent on file. The Oakridge Health Center can see your child only once with parent verbal permission. This permission can be given over the phone to the Oakridge Health Center staff. School staff cannot assist parents with this . Parents will need to call the Oakridge Health Center themselves.
HIPAA
The Oakridge Health Center has to abide by all HIPAA laws for privacy and can not tell school staff why a child has accessed their facility. Health records are not given to school staff without appropriate releases signed by a parent.
Art of the Heart
The Advanced Art Students at Oakridge High School were invited to create a collaborative mural in ceramics for the new Oakridge Health Center. Twenty six students created a variety of themed human-like hearts with clay and glaze with some mixed media accents. Along with their teacher’s three sample hearts a total of 29 hearts are in the installation honoring donor’s contributions for the center. The Grand Opening on January 13th, 2016 displayed the collaborative installation to the community and the artists. The Oakridge Health Center would not be possible without our generous donors. We are very fortunate to have these donors partner with Oakridge and Hackley Community Care to make this health center happen for kids. Check out our High School Art of the Heart project commemorating our appreciation for our donors.
Oakridge Health Center Donors:
- Alcoa Foundation
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
- Community Foundation for Muskegon County -Youth Advisory
- Delta Dental
- Eagle Alloy, Inc.
- The Fazakerley Family
- Gerber Foundation
- Hackley Community Care
- Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
- Oakridge Public Schools
- Osteopathic Foundation of West Michigan
- The Health Project
- VanKampen Boyer Molinari Foundation
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