Staff Profile

My name is Andrea Dishong and I am your School Nurse.

I worked as an Emergency Room Nurse for many years before becoming a School Nurse in 2019. 

Please see me if you are a new student so that I can learn about any health concerns you have or ways to assist you with your health needs. The Health Office is considered a safe space. This means that you can talk to me. For real. I will keep your information private and I will not judge you. Sometimes you may need to just vent or rest – you can also do that in the health office. I have a duty to keep you safe, so if you tell me that you are planning to hurt yourself or someone else, I will need to contact some other adults to get more help for you.

Other ways I assist students:

• Making sure state-required immunizations are up-to-date. If yours are not, I will be in touch by phone, mail, or in person. If you’re not sure, just ask me!
• Screening your vision and hearing from time to time, if you haven’t had this done at school in a while.
• Providing medication at school. I can keep medication in the health office for you; I just need a doctor’s order if it is a prescription medicine or a note from your guardian if it is an over-the-counter (something you can buy at the store) medicine. Either way, YOU will need to provide the medicine, I do not have random medication on hand.
• Determining if your health needs require special accommodations or services.
• Providing resources for you to get further evaluation for your health concerns.

Please reach out to me whenever you need to. I’m here to help!

Andrea Dishong (she/her)
Licensed School Nurse, Gordon Parks High School
Saint Paul Public Schools • 1212 University Ave W St. Paul 55104
Office: 651-888-7626 FAX: 1-651-305-5760
andrea.dishong@spps.org

To access commonly used health forms and/or health resources in and out of the district: https://www.spps.org/families/student-health-wellness