4. Health Office

Welcome to the North Andover High School Health Office

The Health Office is located on the right as you enter the school from the track side of the building. Hours are 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Monday through Friday during the school year. Please feel free to call the office or stop in anytime to discuss your child’s health care needs or if you have any questions.
Please refer to this webpage and the district health services page for any information you need regarding keeping your student healthy at school. Please see our Monthly NAPS Nurses Newsletter

Don't forget your flu shots this year! 

Per the MA DPH, the  influenza immunization will be required for all children 6 months of age or older who are attending Massachusetts schools, colleges and universities in person. The new vaccine requirement is an important step to reduce flu-related illness and ​the overall impact of respiratory illness during the COVID-19 pandemic. Students will be expected to have received a flu vaccine by December 31, 2020 for the 2020-2021 influenza season, unless either a medical or religious exemption is provided. This new flu immunization requirement to enter school in January is in addition to existing vaccine requirements. 

Please submit documentation to the health office once your child has received their yearly flu vaccine. Thank you!


Traveling for the Holidays?  

Please see important information for our latest Nursing Newsletter “Healthy Happenings”. 

 

Please remember to follow the Massachusetts Travel Order when traveling outside of Massachusetts to a state other than the lower risk states.  

If you plan to travel, inform your school nurse and plan to get tested! 


Caregivers must monitor their children each day for COVID-19 symptoms and should not send their child to school when sick.  


By sending children to school, a caregiver is self-certifying that their child does not have COVID-19 symptoms and that they have considered possible exposure to COVID and made the appropriate decision per these guidelines.


Please STAY HOME if you have any of the symptoms listed:


  • Fever (100.0° Fahrenheit or higher), chills, or shaking chills 

  • Cough (not due to other known cause, such as chronic cough)

  • Difficulty breathing or shortness of breath

  • New loss of taste or smell

  • Sore throat

  • Muscle aches or body aches

  • Nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea

  • Headache when in combination with other symptoms

  • Fatigue, when in combination with other symptoms

  • Nasal congestion or runny nose (not due to other known causes, such as allergies) when in combination with other symptoms


OR:

You have had close contact with a person known to be infected with COVID-19 in the last 14 days


OR:

You have traveled outside of Massachusetts in the past 14 days (except lower risk states)


If you have any of the above symptoms, contact your primary care provider for further instructions and get a test for active COVID-19 infection prior to returning to school unless another diagnosis was determined to cause your symptoms. A list of test sites is available here, and Massachusetts also has an interactive testing map. 


Medications

If your child requires an EpiPen, Inhaler, or a Daily Medication, they will require a form to be filled out by your physician that will remain on file in the Health Office for the year. Access to any of these forms are located here.


Masks
ALL children will be REQUIRED to wear a mask while in school. Please send your child in with 2 extra mask in case they need to change it for any reason. Mask wearing must be strictly adhered to. Please familiarize yourself with the NAPS Mask Protocol here.

Health Office
North Andover High School 
430 Osgood Street
North Andover, MA 01845

978-794-1508 - Health Office 
978-682-1931 - Health Office Fax