The middle school Certified School Nurse is Rachel Griel (“Griel rhymes with “while”). Dr. Griel has 32 years of nursing experience. She is a doctoral-prepared registered nurse who holds a state school nurse certificate. She attended Geisinger Medical Center School of Nursing, Penn State, and Eastern Mennonite University. Before becoming a school nurse, she worked in critical care and administration at Mount Nittany Medical Center. She serves on the Safety team, the Student Assistant Program team, and the Professional Development Committee. She is the school nurse department chair.

She is assigned to manage the health rooms at Bellefonte Elementary School, Marion Walker Elementary School, and Bellefonte Area Middle School. You can find Dr. Griel at Bellefonte Elementary on Wednesday and at Marion Walker Elementary on Thursday. Dr. Griel is at the Middle School on Monday, Tuesday, and Friday.

Her e-mail address is rgriel@basd.net.

She can be reached at Marion Walker at the following number: 357-2425 EXT 2303

Middle School at the following number: 355-5466 EXT 5005

Bellefonte Elementary at the following number: 355-5519 EXT 2104