All boys. All boarding. Grades 9-12.
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Student Wellbeing is our Top Priority
Our mission is to foster and support students' physical, mental, and emotional well‑being so they can thrive academically and socially. Located right on campus across from the Walker Fine Arts Center, our center offers immediate evidenced based nursing care, mental health support, screenings, preventative care, wellness promotion, and health education opportunities. We collaborate with families and school staff to create a safe, confidential space where students can receive care without missing class or travel.The Woodberry Forest Health Center provides individualized, student centered care for numerous chronic and acute health conditions. The Health Center is open 24 hrs a day by licensed nurses, with oversight from the overseeing medical practice, Orange Family Physicians.Wellness Collaboration
The Woodberry Forest Health Center collaborates and partners with our local family medicine practice, Orange Family Physicians. When students arrive at the Health Center needing further medical intervention or evaluation, our team of dedicated nurses will ensure that students are referred to a provider at Orange Family Physicians in a timely manner. Additionally, the Health Center refers students as needed to local urgent care centers, orthopedic practices, orthodontia care practices, Health Departments, etc. on an as needed basis and in collaboration with parents.
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Mental Health Services
Woodberry is committed to Student Mental Health and Wholeness in all of its dimensions as we aspire to know, challenge, and love each of our students during their teenage years. Nonetheless, the unique stressors and demands of adolescence can be tough to navigate for many of our students, so having a safe, confidential space to talk about their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors can be very helpful. Whether it’s homesickness, relationship problems, depression, anxiety, grief, and/or academic struggles, please reach out to Dr. Christal Boesen, licensed clinical psychologist and the director of health services, by phone at (540) 672-4676 or via email at christal_boesen@woodberry.Additional Mental Health Programming
Woodberry has partnered with Endure Mentality, a mental health service provider that facilitates workshops, consultations, individual, and group sessions to support student athletes (www.endurementality.com). Led by Sarah Lewis, LCSW, and Shannon Noe, LPC, Endure meets with our teams, captains, coaches, individual athletes and small groups throughout the year to help promote mental fitness in athletics.
1st row- Assistant Director of Health Services Kendra Crane, MSN, RN, Dawn Shears, RN
2nd row- Ismenia Paniagua, RN, Debra Neyhart, LPN
3rd row- Tracy Langford, BSN, RN, Susie Donnell, LPN, April McDowell-Ryder, BSN, RN
Not pictured: Director of Health Services Dr. Christal Boesen, LCP, Jenna Erickson, Holly Bracher, Jennifer Lamborn
Hours & Contact Information
Contact: Assistant Director of Health Services
Kendra Crane, MSN, RN
Phone number: 540-672-6017
Email : healthcenter@woodberry.org
The Woodberry Forest Health Center is open 24 hrs a day/7 days per week and staffed by licensed nurses.
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Woodberry Forest School is an exceptional private school community for high school boys in grades nine through twelve. It is one of the top boarding schools in the United States and one of the only all-boys, all-boarding schools in the country.
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Woodberry Forest admits students of any race, color, sexual orientation, disability, religious belief, and national or ethnic origin to all of the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sexual orientation, disability, religious belief, or national or ethnic origin in the administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic or other school-administered programs. The school is authorized under federal law to enroll nonimmigrant students.