Health Services

The office of the Health Services Department is located at the Northampton High School.

The Director of Health Services, Health Education, and Safety is Karen Jarvis-Vance, RN, BSN, NCSN. She works year round, Monday through Friday, and is available to answer questions regarding all school health services, school health regulations, communicable diseases, immunization requirements, health education and school safety issues.

School nursing is...
a specialized practice of professional nurses that advances the well being, academic success and life-long achievement of students. To that end, school nurses faciliate positive student responses to normal development: promote health and safety; intervene with actual and potential health problems; provide case management services; and actively collaborate with others to build student and family capacity for adaptation, self-management, self-advocacy and learning.
- National Association of School Nurses, 1999

Karen Jarvis-Vance
587-1364

kjarvisvance@northampton-k12.us