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Health Office Information

The Health Office is open each school day during school hours. The goal of the Health Office is to provide support that promotes student achievement and academic success by providing health care that keeps students in the classroom, ready to learn.

Please feel free to contact Health Office staff Ginger Hao, Ying-Ju Chiu, Gloria Low or Adele Schultz by email or phone: 612-788-9095. See below for their biographies.

Helpful Resources

• Guidelines for Student Illness and Injury
• Student Health Form 2024-25
• Allergy Management
• Health Related Forms and Sample Health Plans
• Immunization Information for Parents
• Lice: What Parents Need to Know
• Minnesota has health care programs to meet the needs of different people.
• School Medication Policy
• Scoliosis Fact Sheet
• Outdoor Air Guidance

Health Office Staff:

Ginger Hao, RN, BAN, MA, PHN, Licensed School Nurse: A nurse for more than 20 years, Ginger Hao has been our school nurse consultant at Yinghua Academy since 2013; she is also a mother of three. Ginger creates and evaluates student health plans, provides health assessments, and supervises all health office policies and procedures. Ginger is in the office once a week, but checks emails daily. She is fluent in Chinese and English and loves working at Yinghua.

Catherine Yong, RN, BSN, PHN: Cat has been a nurse for 13 years and started working as a nurse at Yinghua Academy in January 2024. She helps in the Health Office and does health assessments. She is originally from Malaysia. She has three young children who remind her how to have fun and teach her to appreciate the little joys in life.

Ying-Ju Chiu, Health Para: Ying-Ju and her family moved to the US from Taiwan in 2021. Previously, she was a nurse at the National Taiwan University Hospital. She is fluent in Chinese and English and familiar with Chinese culture. Ying-Ju evaluates student health-related needs and provides appropriate support. She also records and maintains student health records as well as assists the school nurse with health screening and testing.

Gloria Low, Health Para

Adele Schultz, Health Para: Adele has been working at the Health Office since August 2022. She is originally from Malaysia, and has a child that attends Yinghua Academy. In addition to maintaining student immunization records, Adele also evaluates and supports student needs, and maintains student health records. Prior to working at Yinghua, she worked in the information technology field. Adele enjoys working at Yinghua and getting to know the students and staff.