Welcome to the GES clinic

Trysh Brannan, RN August 2022

Phone: 540-892-5674 Fax: 540-892-5677

Clinic hours 7:30am - 3:00pm

General Clinic Information


  • All health forms and care plans are online under the Clinic Forms Section.

  • If your child has a chronic health concern, please make sure the appropriate careplan is completed asap.

  • If your child takes medication, please make sure you have completed and turned in ALL medication forms needed in order for me to administer needed medications.

  • The forms are only valid for the current school year and must be completed yearly. Please DO NOT send in medications with your child. Parents/Guardians must bring these into the clinic. If it is a prescription medication, a physician signature is required.

  • We DO NOT supply cough drops at school.

Please have arrangements in place to pick up your child within one hour in the event that you are called because your student is sick.


Life is Better With Clean Hands

When it comes to preventing viral infections - respiratory and gastrointestinal – washing your hands is always the first-line measure.

Parents and caretakers play an important role in teaching children to wash their hands. Handwashing can become a lifelong healthy habit if you start teaching it at an early age. Teach kids the five easy steps for handwashing—wet, lather, scrub, rinse, and dry—and the key times to wash hands, such as after using the bathroom or before eating. You can find ways to make it fun, like making up your own handwashing song or turning it into a game.

Young children learn by imitating the behaviors of adults in their lives. When you make handwashing part of your routine, you’re setting a positive example for your children to follow.



Recommendations to support and protect children’s emotional well-being during the pandemic

Create a safe physical and emotional environment by practicing the 3 R’s: Reassurance, Routines, and Regulation.

First, adults should reassure children about their safety and the safety of loved ones, and tell them that it is adults’ job to ensure their safety. Second, adults should maintain routines to provide children with a sense of safety and predictability (e.g., regular bedtimes and meals, daily schedules for learning and play). And third, adults should support children’s development of regulation. When children are stressed, their bodies respond by activating their stress response systems. To help them manage these reactions, it is important to both validate their feelings (e.g., “I know that this might feel scary or overwhelming”) and encourage them to engage in activities that help them self-regulate (e.g., exercise, deep breathing, mindfulness or meditation activities, regular routines for sleeping and eating). In addition, it is essential to both children’s emotional and physical well-being to ensure that families can meet their basic needs (e.g., food, shelter, clothing).

Increase children’s self-efficacy.

Self-efficacy is the sense of having agency or control—an especially important trait during times of fear and uncertainty. Children often feel more in control when they can play an active role in helping themselves, their families, and their communities. For example, children can help by following safety guidelines (e.g., washing their hands), preparing for home confinement (e.g., helping to cook and freeze food), or volunteering in the community (e.g., writing letters or creating art for older adults or sick friends, sharing extra supplies with a neighbor).

Emphasize strengths, hope, and positivity.

Children need to feel safe, secure, and positive about their present and future. Adults can help by focusing children’s attention on stories about how people come together, find creative solutions to difficult problems, and overcome adversity during the epidemic. Talking about these stories can be healing and reassuring to children and adults alike.

Read the full article here: https://www.childtrends.org/publications/resources-for-supporting-childrens-emotional-well-being-during-the-covid-19-pandemic

Are you looking for medical home base for you child?

Johnson Health Center may be your answer!

A primary care provider (or PCP), is a health care professional who practices general medicine and should be your first stop for medical care.

A PCP is the person your child should see for a routine checkup or non-emergency medical care. If your child has a fever, cough, earache, rash, is short of breath or nauseated, a PCP usually can find the cause and decide what to do about it.

Usually, PCPs can treat conditions in their own offices. If they can't, they can refer you and your child to a trusted specialist. If your child needs ongoing treatment or is admitted to a hospital, the PCP may oversee the care, help you make decisions related to treatment, or refer you to other specialists if needed.


One of a PCP's most important jobs is to help keep kids from getting sick in the first place. This is called preventive care.

The best preventive care means forming a relationship with a PCP you like and trust, taking your child for scheduled checkups and vaccines and following the PCP's advice for establishing a healthy lifestyle, managing weight, and getting the right amount of exercise.


Parent letter K Immunization 2021-2022 (1).docx
Hep A Information Sheet.pdf