Health Services
District Nurse: Emily Dousevicz - edousevicz@gisu.org
The School Nurse Leader and Health Assistants are responsible for planning and implementing health services within each school. The School Nurse Leader is the supervising Registered Nurse in the District and is responsible for supervising each Health Office in all five schools throughout the Islands.
There are a wide variety of tasks that staff in the Health Office performs throughout the school year. Vision and hearing screenings are performed once per year for students in grades Pre-K, Kindergarten, First, Third, and Fifth with a final vision screening performed for all Seventh grade students. Health Office staff are also responsible for maintaining immunization and health records, treating ill and injured students and staff, dispensing medications to students as prescribed, and helping students ad their parents manage chronic illnesses or significant medical conditions at school. In the middle of the year, the Health Office team is also responsible for reporting immunization and asthma data to the State of Vermont as required.
It is our goal in each Health Office to maintain a safe and nurturing environment for all students and staff! Thank you in advance to the families in our community for your cooperation in helping us achieve this goal.
The School Nurse Leader and Health Assistants are responsible for planning and implementing health services within each school. The School Nurse Leader is the supervising Registered Nurse in the District and is responsible for supervising each Health Office in all five schools throughout the Islands.
There are a wide variety of tasks that staff in the Health Office performs throughout the school year. Vision and hearing screenings are performed once per year for students in grades Pre-K, Kindergarten, First, Third, and Fifth with a final vision screening performed for all Seventh grade students. Health Office staff are also responsible for maintaining immunization and health records, treating ill and injured students and staff, dispensing medications to students as prescribed, and helping students ad their parents manage chronic illnesses or significant medical conditions at school. In the middle of the year, the Health Office team is also responsible for reporting immunization and asthma data to the State of Vermont as required.
It is our goal in each Health Office to maintain a safe and nurturing environment for all students and staff! Thank you in advance to the families in our community for your cooperation in helping us achieve this goal.
Health Services Forms
SIGNS & SYMPTOMS TO KEEP OR SEND A CHILD HOME
- Fever - over 100 degrees
- Diarrhea or Vomiting, with or without fever, within the past 24 hours
- Persistent sore throat with fever or enlarged tonsils/glands
- Persistent upset stomach or headache
- Reddened, itchy eyes with discharge
- Students with an infectious diagnosis must be on antibiotics for 24 hours prior to returning to school.
- Students with vomiting, diarrhea, or fever must remain home for 24 hours symptom free prior to returning school.