Nursing Services
Kindergarten Registration:
Immunizations are required for entry into kindergarten and a physical and a dental exam during that first school year.Any student new to the district:
Immunizations, a physical exam, and a dental exam are required for entry to the school district.
Sick Day Rules
Medication in School
With the exception of emergency medications (epipens/auto-injectors, diabetic medications, asthma inhalers), any medication that a student requires during school hours must be administered by licensed nursing staff. Such medication must be brought in by a parent/guardian and must be in the original pharmacy-labelled container/manufacturer packing if over the counter. A healthcare provider's order is also necessary and parents/guardians should complete and sign their part of the medication authorization form.
(This is per district policy and PA Department of Health Guidelines.)
With the exception of emergency medications (epipens/auto-injectors, diabetic medications, asthma inhalers), any medication that a student requires during school hours must be administered by licensed nursing staff. Such medication must be brought in by a parent/guardian and must be in the original pharmacy-labelled container/manufacturer packing if over the counter. A healthcare provider's order is also necessary and parents/guardians should complete and sign their part of the medication authorization form.
(This is per district policy and PA Department of Health Guidelines.)
PA DOH requires: annual height, weight, and vision screens, as well as hearing screens in K through 3rd grades, 7th grade, and 11th grade and scoliosis in 7th grade.
Please contact your school nurse if you wish to decline these screenings for your student(s).
Nursing Staff Links
Summertime Health Information (Sun, Ticks, Mosquitoes)
Ticks, tick bites, and Lyme Disease
CDC:
Ticks has information on preventing tick bites, how to remove ticks, symptom check
PA Department of Health:
Mosquitoes
CDC:
Mosquitoes has information on mosquitoes, where they live, how to control them, on bites, and related diseases.
Mosquito bites: symptoms, treatment, prevention, permethrin
PA Department of Health:
Sun Safety and Protection
CDC: Sun safety
American Academy of Dermatology: Sun Protection
American Academy of Pediatrics: Sun Safety & Prevention