Student Health Center

Welcome to the Student Health Center!

Our full-time school nurse is Mrs. Christine Ledwith during student school hours. Mrs. Ledwith is here to provide first aid and support to students who become ill or injured during the school day or who need health maintenance for a chronic or acute medical condition. Please notify our nurse of any health issues, diagnoses, and/or medications that could affect a student’s social, academic, or physical activities while at school. Mrs. Ledwith can be reached at 267-946-0974 or via email at cledwith@gmahs.org.

The school nurse is responsible only for emergency care of injuries and sudden illnesses which occur while the student is in school. When at all possible, the parents are responsible for transporting the ill or injured student to her home, doctor or hospital.  For other concerns such as doctor appointments, late arrivals or needing to leave school early a note must be provided prior to these scheduled events.

In the event of an illness during the school day, your student must report to the nurse's office to be evaluated by the nurse: 

• The student must receive permission from her teacher and use the classroom nurse pass before reporting to the infirmary to sign in.
• The nurse will assess the health needs of the student and, if necessary, call home to parent/guardian to be picked up. If a student is unable to return to class after one period, the nurse will call a parent to take her home.
• The student must remain in the nurse's office until picked up by a parent and sign out at the front office to be dismissed.
• A card will be administered that will be signed by the parent upon returning back to school.

If the nurse is not in her office, the student must report to the Front Office for direction and assistance. Parental/guardian permission and the nurse’s assessment are needed to allow a student to drive home. Students who do not feel well may rest in the nurse’s office for 15-20 minutes. If the student still does not feel well, the student will be sent home.

Yearly State Mandated Health Screenings are performed by the nurse. All students will have height, weight and vision screened, additionally Juniors have hearing screened. 

Per the PA Department of Health, all new students and students entering the 11th grade must have a physical exam done. All students in the state of Pennsylvania must be up to date with their immunizations per PA immunization requirements for students. If your student receives any new vaccines, please send a copy in with your student or email a copy to our nurse. Gwynedd will only accept medical exemptions. NO philosophical or religious exemptions are permitted.

During the school year, parents are asked to update their students’ medical information in Veracross any time the information changes. This can be done by signing into the Veracross Parent Portal and clicking the UPDATE STUDENT MEDICAL INFORMATION button.

During the yearly enrollment process, parents must provide updated health information and medical permissions. Administration of specific OTC medications (Tylenol, Advil, and TUMS) can be consented to by a parent or guardian at that time. Other medical forms are also available for download and completion during the enrollment process. For your convenience, all medical forms are also available from the links on the right-hand side of this page. Completed forms must be emailed to the school nurse at cledwith@gmahs.org.

The Over the Counter (OTC) medication consent form must be signed by a parent/guardian and given to the nurse along with the OTC medication in its original container.  For any prescription medication that must be taken during school hours, the prescription medication permission form must be signed by both a parent or guardian and a licensed prescriber in order to receive any prescribed medications from the nurse. All prescription medications needed during the school day must be in the original prescription bottle in order to be administered by the nurse. No student may take any medications, including over-the-counter medications, without the nurse being informed and the medication consent form being completed for each school year.