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
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.
- Click here to log in and complete the health forms.
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.
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
Middle School Wellness
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
Faculty/Staff Wellness
Important emails from the Health Office for the 24-25 school year will be listed here.
Health information for the 2024-25 school year
Health information for the 2024-25 school year
Guidelines, best practices & remindersUpdated 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:
- You have not had a fever for at least 24 hours without the use of fever-reducing medicines;
- 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
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Rick Wilson
Director of Wellness, Counseling, and Health Services - 617-738-2763
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Rick Wilson
I have Midwestern roots and survived a middle school transition from Southern Indiana to Southern Connecticut. I started my professional life as a musician and audio engineer. Following a stint in pastoral ministry, I studied to become a clinical psychologist and have been working at Nobles for the past 15 years as well as keeping a small private practice. This journey has really shaped my willingness to embrace the twists and turns that occur in all of our lives. Life has an interesting way of unfolding!
I have been working as a clinical psychologist for eighteen years and combine my interest in positive psychology and clinical practice with helping high school students, families, and institutions discover and prioritize emotional and physical wellness. I value community, creativity, collaboration, and joyfulness. In my personal life, I have two adult daughters and live in Natick with my wife, Kim, and our two cats, Milo and Cricket. We enjoy gardening and cooking together. I am an avid cyclist, a Boston Bruins fan, and also play guitar and sing in an 80s cover band called Ghosts in the Machine. We play regularly around the Boston metro area.
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Ashley Garcia
Upper School Counselor and Academic Support Provider - 617-738-2755
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Ashley Garcia
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Anna Jones
Upper School Counselor - 617-738-2736
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Anna Jones
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Tammy Graham
Middle School Counselor - 617-738-2785
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Tammy Graham
Originally from California, I moved here with my husband 30 years ago, so New England feels like my home. I have worked as Beaver’s Middle School Counselor since 2015. I love being the counselor for our 6th-8th graders. I approach every student with compassion and understanding with the goal of helping students feel empowered to develop solutions to their problems. I provide individual and group counseling around mental health and social issues and offer day-to-day support as needed. Additionally, I am responsible for teaching wellness classes and providing lunchtime programming, such as RISE and Graham Dam. RISE is a program where I teach students ways to deal with stress in helpful ways. There is always a fun craft to make it a relaxing, creative, and supportive place for students during their school day. Students attend Graham Dam, a special lunch with me and a group of students, a few times a year. The goal of Graham Dam is for students to get to know me better so they will feel more comfortable connecting if the time arises when they need support.
I have a graduate degree in Counseling Psychology from Lesley University and a license in Child and Family Therapy. I started my career at Family Service of Greater Boston doing in-home family therapy and then worked at Boston Children’s Hospital for 10 years providing support to children and families. I also worked in Boston Public Schools and several Catholic schools on the North Shore, providing school counseling services.
In addition to being married, I have two adult daughters who are my pride and joy. We have two dogs, Shiloh and Millie, and one cat, Simba. It’s a small zoo at my house. I enjoy sailing on our sailboat, Enya, and being outdoors.
People always ask, “How and why do you work with middle schoolers?” My response is usually a smile followed by a small laugh and something like, “You never know what you are going to get.”
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Talia Ossowski
School Nurse - 617-738-2739
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