Hi my name is Nurse Patti and I have been a pediatric nurse for 30 years. I have worked as the nurse in the STARR program at Reed Intermediate School for the past five years. Prior to that I worked at Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital on pediatrics and as a one to one nurse for a student with special needs in the Newtown School district. I love working with children and their families in the school system. I have three grown children that my husband and I enjoy spending time with. I also enjoy my volunteer work with Best Buddies and with Catholic Charities. On weekends you will find me skiing with my family on Okemo Mountain in Vermont . I am so excited to join the Middle Gate Elementary School Family and I’m looking forward to getting to know everyone.
School personnel may only administer medications during school hours with the permission of the parent and the written order of a physician. This includes over the counter medications. Medication forms can be obtained from the school nurse or downloaded below. Prescription drugs should be properly labeled by a pharmacist. Medication should never be sent in with a student or placed in a lunch box or backpack.
Download the Authorization Form (in PDF) to take to your doctor.
Children running a fever of 100 or more should not return to school until they are fever free for 24 hours without the aid of fever reducers.
Students that have been vomiting should not return to school for 24 hours.
Report all abscences to the main office 426-7662 or the nurses office 426-7664, please include the reason for abscence.
All contagious diseases should be reported to the school nurse.
Students with fractures should report to the nurse. They need a doctors note stating how long they should be out of PE and recess.