Welcome to the GVS Health Office with Mrs. Carey!

The Ins and Outs of the SNAP Health portal

SNAP Health Portal

Incoming Kindergarten Families

First and foremost, the state of NH requires current immunizations and physicals that include vision and hearing, BEFORE the first day of school. I will accept 4 year physicals to start the school year as long as I have a date for their 5 year physical appointment

If your student has an allergy or asthma, I require an allergy or asthma action plan along with their epipen/inhaler. These action plans are my medical directive for administering these medications.

If your student is on a daily medication, please let me know what the medication is and the dosage so that I may better take care of your student when they come to my office. If these medications are changed or your student starts a new one, please keep me in the loop. If you would like your student to take daily medications at school, I have a form or you may have your child's PCP send in a note. DO NOT SEND MEDICATION OF ANY KIND IN WITH YOUR STUDENT! This poses a risk to other students. Medications must be hand delivered to me or the front office.

My goal is to keep your student in class and learning. Every minute they are in my office, late to school or absent affects your child’s learning. I use a computer program called SNAP for all things medical. This is where you give permission for over-the-counter medications, and immunizations, physicals and screenings are logged.

Please be on the lookout for an email from SNAP that states “Grantham Village School welcomes you to the SNAP Health Portal”. Please open the email and follow the directions. SNAP also allows you to upload physicals, immunizations, screenings, or PCP notes. I have a tutorial on my website. Also, if you give your student an over the counter medication in the morning, please let me know the time and medication so that I don’t give another dose too soon.

Keep your child home if they have:

Fever over 100

Diarrhea or vomiting within 24 hours

Undetermined rash

Red itchy eyes with sticky, goopy drainage

Scabby sores around their mouth/nose/face

Lice before treatment

If your child is sick, please enter it into PickUp Patrol before 9 am. You can find this information on the website.

I generally email parents if I see your child at the end of the day. I will call if I have a concern, a question or they need to go home.

Prescription medication form

Asthma Action Form

Allergy Action Form

Seizure Action Plan

Permission to exchange information

Physical Symptoms of Anxiety

Physical symptoms of Anxiety include headaches, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea which may be accompanied by a racing heart, shakiness or sweating. All of these symptoms are related to fight-or-flight. These symptoms are not harmful. The emergency system is responding to a false alarm. The best thing to do is not let the anxiety win. Responding with "I know it hurts, I know it's uncomfortable, but I know you can do it!" helps your student be successful with conquering anxiety. Here is an article from the Child Mind Institute that I hope helps!

COVID update

Lice Timeline- How to tell how long lice have invaded your space

Infestation timeline

Few nits: less than 2 weeks. An adult louse climbs onto your hair and lays about 6 to 10 nits a day, which take about 9 days to hatch. So if you look on the scalp and see no visible adult lice and several small nits, it’s likely that you’ve caught lice in the earlier stages and had them for less than 2 weeks.
Nits and nymphs: 1.5 to 2 weeks. If you see nits and small, moving lice, you’ve likely had lice for 1.5 to 2 weeks. This is because you aren’t seeing a lot of adult lice but are still seeing small, hatched nymphs along with lots more nits than a person who’d only been affected for a few days.
Nits, nymphs, and adult lice: 2 weeks or longer. If you’re seeing a mixture of sizes of lice, you may have had an infestation for at least 2 weeks. If you have symptoms like itching along with a variety of lice stages, you’ve likely been living with lice for four to six weeks or possibly longer.
Nits more than 1/4 inch from the scalp: old infestation. Only see small nits over a quarter inch away from the scalp? It’s probably an old infestation. You may have treated your lice, and remnants are moving down the scalp. Because lice eggs typically hatch close to the scalp, seeing nits further down your hair can indicate that the infestation is inactive.