According To Jocelyn Elders, former Surgeon General, “You can not educate an unhealthy child and you can not keep an uneducated child healthy.” Our health service staff believes there is a strong relationship between academic achievement and health.

Meet the Team: 

Health Services:
• Nursing assessment and treatment
• Emergency care
• Mandated Pennsylvania state screenings (height, weight, BMI, vision, hearing, scoliosis) ADD LINK HERE
• Immunization compliance management
• Medication administration per physician’s orders
• Scheduling and assistance with school-administered dental and physical exams
• Health Counseling
• Referrals to physicians and appropriate agencies
• Services focusing on prevention, early intervention, and strengthening the ability of the students and families to thrive independently

When should I keep my child home?

Students should remain home if:

• if they have a temperature of 100 in the morning
• persistent vomiting
• persistent diarrhea
• rash with a fever
• purulent discharge from the eye
• live lice
• Strep infection- until 24 hours after antibiotic treatment
• Chicken pox (varicella)- until 6 days from appearance of the last vesicle or when all lesions are dried or crusted (whichever is first)
• Impetigo- until 24 hours after treatment
• Ring worm- return after treatment if covered
• Asthma- when your child is having acute respiratory distress and the peak flow meter indicates deterioration