The School Nurse

The school nurse’s role is to promote the physical and mental health and well-being of all students within the school setting, to provide nursing assessment and intervention for students with acute illness and injury and health maintenance crisis intervention needs in the school, to provide case finding services (e.g. health and development screenings), to identify students with existing and potential health problems, to refer identified students and their families to appropriate sources of health and social services within the school and community setting, and to promote collaboration and communication among families, school personnel and health care providers.  Students are not to go to the nurse’s room without a pass.  They are to get this pass from the class they are leaving.  They are not to “stop in” during the school day.  The school nurse will call parents if a child is ill and unable to remain in school.   Students are not permitted to use their own personal cell phones to call home in the case of illness.  The School Nurse at Seymour Middle School is Melissa Stewart.

Important Information and Forms Links

• Seymour Public Schools Health Services (Head Nurse--Rebecca Bennett)

• Student Health Program

• Medication Policy

• Grade Seven Physicals

• Health Office Forms and Information