Health & Wellness

We prioritize the Health and Wellness of our entire community, and we are committed to creating a culture that supports the mental, physical, emotional, social, and intellectual well being of each student.

Relationships are the center of all that we do. We know that communities that foster healthy connections through dignity and acceptance thrive and create the emotional climate that fosters well-being, intellectual growth, and self-discovery.

At Beaver, we value connection, playfulness, mattering, and meaning. We do this by proactively connecting with students, and we promote a culture where seeking help or support is encouraged and welcomed.

Students reach out to us for a multitude of reasons. Because we proactively connect with students outside of our offices, students often email us or drop in our offices. Every student at Beaver has a “get to know you” meeting with one of the counseling teams to normalize reaching out for support if needed. Each day, numerous students meet with us for support around various emotional, psychological, or social challenges to seek support and guidance. We want our students to do hard things, make excellent mistakes, and discover that a well-lived life begins with healthy relationships, kindness, and facing difficulties head-on.

Forms, links, and resources

Magnus Health

Beaver works with Magnus Health to collect and store health forms in its secure database. Most of the required forms are available on the Magnus Health website and must be completed before your child can participate in pre-season athletics and school activities.

If this is your first year at Beaver, you will get an email directly from Magnus with your username and password to sign in to their website. Please look for this email in the coming weeks. If you are a returning family and can’t remember your login information, go to mymagnus.com and click on the “Forgot your Username or Password?” link, or call Magnus at 877 461 6831.

For more information about Magnus, visit their parent page or call 877 461 6831.

For questions about health records and forms, contact our school nurse.

Middle School Wellness Program

Our target focus for Middle School Wellness is to normalize the developmental challenges with which students face and help our students further develop their social and emotional learning skills to help them navigate the content of their lives. Our work is intended to help our students be connected and engaged members of our community.

Learn more about the program

Middle School Wellness

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Wellness Resources for Faculty/Staff

We prioritize the health and wellness of our faculty and staff in all the work that they do.

Faculty & Staff Wellness Page

Faculty/Staff Wellness

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Notes from the Health Office

Important emails from the Health Office for the 24-25 school year will be listed here.

Health information for the 2024-25 school year

Guidelines, best practices & reminders
24-25 Health Guidelines

Updated as of 09.03.24

Beaver’s health guidelines for 2024-2025 are aligned with the latest guidelines from the CDC, the Massachusetts Department of Health, DESE, and discussions with our consulting physician. For the health and safety of the BVR community, it is important to stay home even if you don’t know what virus is making you sick.


GUIDELINES FOR RETURNING TO CAMPUS AFTER SHORT-TERM ILLNESS (ONE WEEK OR LESS)

Respiratory Virus (flu, COVID, common cold, etc)

  • Fever-free for 24 hours without the use of fever-reducing medication
  • Symptoms significantly reduce, or resolve
  • It is recommended to wear a mask until symptoms completely resolve
  • If you have new symptoms of a respiratory virus, such as a fever, sore throat, cough, or a runny or stuffy nose, you should stay home and stay
  • away from others in your household.

Stomach virus

  • No active vomiting or diarrhea episodes for 24 hours, unless episodes are known to be caused by a non-communicable condition

Fever

  • When fever-free for 24 hours without the use of fever-reducing medication.

Rash

  • A physician has determined the illness is not a communicable disease.
  • Rash completely resolved

Communicable Illness needing antibiotics (strep, mono, pink eye, etc.)

  • After being on prescribed antibiotics for 24 hours

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SYMPTOMS OF A RESPIRATORY VIRUS (ISOLATION)

If you have new symptoms of a respiratory virus, such as a fever, sore throat, cough, or a runny or stuffy nose, you should stay home and stay away from others in your household.

While you are at home

  • Get tested for COVID-19 and flu. Talk to your healthcare provider about getting treatment if you test positive
  • Stay away from others in your household. Wear a mask when you have to be around them
  • Wash your hands often with soap and warm water. If soap and water are not available, use hand sanitizer containing at least 60% alcohol
  • Cover your mouth when you cough or sneeze. Use a tissue or your inner elbow, not your hands
  • Clean high-touch surfaces (countertops, handrails, and doorknobs) often
  • You should stay home even if you don’t know what virus is making you sick

When you start to feel better

You may begin to resume normal activities with precautions if:

  1. You have not had a fever for at least 24 hours without the use of fever-reducing medicines;
  2. AND your other symptoms are improving

You may still be able to spread the virus that made you sick, even if you are feeling better.

For at least the first 5 days after you resume normal activities, take these extra precautions:

  • Avoid crowded indoor spaces. Wear a mask anytime you are indoors around other people
  • Wash your hands often with soap and warm water. If soap and water are not available, use hand sanitizer containing at least 60% alcohol.
  • Avoid spending time with people who are at increased risk for severe disease

If your symptoms get worse again:

If your fever comes back or any other symptoms start to get worse, you should go back home until you are better again. Wait to resume normal activities until you have not had a fever for at least 24 hours without the use of fever-reducing medicines AND your symptoms are improving again. When you resume normal activities, take the recommended additional precautions during the next 5 days:

  • Avoid crowded indoor spaces
  • Wear a mask indoors around other people
  • Wash your hands often
  • Cover your coughs and sneezes

If you have tested positive for a respiratory virus but do not have any symptoms you can still spread the virus. Take additional precautions to protect others from getting sick. For at least the first 5 days, take these extra precautions:

  • Avoid crowded indoor spaces. Wear a mask anytime you are indoors around other people.
  • Wash your hands often with soap and warm water. If soap and water are not available, use hand sanitizer containing at least 60% alcohol.
  • Avoid spending time with people who are at increased risk for severe disease.

Although not required, choosing to stay home for about 72 hours may help reduce the chances that you spread the virus to others. While you stay home you should:

  • Stay away from others in your household. Wear a mask when you have to be around them.
  • Wash your hands often with soap and warm water. If soap and water are not available, use hand sanitizer containing at least 60% alcohol.
  • Cover your mouth when you cough or sneeze. Use a tissue or your inner elbow, not your hands.
  • Clean high-touch surfaces (such as countertops, handrails, and doorknobs) often.

Health & Wellness Department

  • Rick Wilson
    Director of Wellness, Counseling, and Health Services
  • 617-738-2763
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