Health Services

A message from the District Nurse

All Students:

• Immunizations required to enter child care program/school 
  • Hepatitis B.
  • Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (DTap).
  • Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib).
  • Inactivated poliovirus (IPV).
  • Pneumococcal conjugate (PCV13 or PCV15).
  • Measles, mumps, rubella (MMR).
  • Varicella (chicken pox)
• If you want a personal exemption you must watch the video and bring in the certificate befores school starts. https://www.dcphrapps.dphe.state.co.us/storyline360/story.html
• If your student needs a medical exemption for immunizations, then a physician must sign an exemption form. 
• Exclusion letters will be sent home in November if your student is still not compliant with immunizations, this includes having an exemption form on file. 
• Health conditions: Any student who has a health condition such as asthma, allergies, migraines, exct., need to be reported to RN
  • If medications are needed during school hours, this will require a doctor's order. 
  • If your child has certain food requirements, such as can’t have milk, no peanuts, exct., a “meal modification” form is required. 
  • Paperwork is sent out ahead of time to students who have known conditions, however if you did not receive paperwork please see Ms. Duran or Ms. Baltazar in the office. 

PreK

• Vision and Hearing Screenings in the fall (if you do not want to participate you can sign an opt out form (these will be sent home around screening time)

KG

• Vision and Hearing Screenings in the fall (if you do not want to participate you can sign an opt out form (these will be sent home around screening time)

1st

• Vision and Hearing Screenings in the fall (if you do not want to participate you can sign an opt out form (these will be sent home around screening time)

A message from the District Nurse

All Students:

• Your student must be vaccinated against:

  • Diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (DTaP, DTP, Tdap)

  • Hepatitis B (Hep B)

  • Measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR)

  • Polio (IPV)

  • Varicella (chickenpox)

• If you want a personal exemption you must watch the video and bring in the certificate befores school starts.  id="docs-internal-guid-6748befc-7fff-fcc5-dbfa-01c53732c884" style="font-size: 1rem;">https://www.dcphrapps.dphe.state.co.us/storyline360/story.html

• If your student needs a medical exemption, you must have a physician sign an exemption. 

• Exclusion letters will be sent home in November if your student is still not compliant with immunizations, this includes having an exemption form on file. 

• Health conditions: Any student who has a health condition such as asthma, allergies, migraines, exct., need to be reported to RN/ health clerk

  • If medications are needed during school hours, this will require a doctor's order. 

  • Paperwork is sent out ahead of time to students who have known conditions, however if you did not receive paperwork please see Ms. Drinkhouse or Mrs. Miles in the office. 

2nd

• Vision and Hearing Screenings in the fall (if you do not want to participate you can sign an opt out form (these will be sent home around screening time)

3rd

• Vision and Hearing Screenings in the fall (if you do not want to participate you can sign an opt out form (these will be sent home around screening time)

• Dental in the spring (a permission slip is required for this, more information to come later in the year)

4th

• Dental in the spring (a permission slip is required for this, more information to come later in the year)

• If you have any concerns with your students vision or hearing please let the health clerk know, and we can add them to our screening list 

5th

• Vision and Hearing Screenings in the fall (if you do not want to participate you can sign an opt out form (these will be sent home around screening time)

If you have any questions or concerns in regards to health related issues, please call Cheyene Laidlaw, RN, BSN at 970-285-5707

A message from the District Nurse

All Students:

• If you want a personal exemption for immunizations, you must watch the video and bring in the certificate befores school starts. (this is something that must be renewed every year).   id="docs-internal-guid-d8d52d98-7fff-6e36-d42e-c37946c210a4" style="font-size: 1rem;">https://www.dcphrapps.dphe.state.co.us/storyline360/story.html

• If your student needs a medical exemption for immunizations, then a physician must sign an exemption form, this form lasts the entirety of the students school career, therefore if a form has been done in the past, you do not need another. 

• Exclusion letters will be sent home in November if your student is still not compliant with immunizations, this includes having an exemption form on file. 

• Health conditions: Any student who has a health condition such as asthma, allergies, migraines, exct., need to be reported to RN

  • If medications are needed during school hours, this will require a doctor's order. 

  • If your child has certain food requirements, such as can’t have milk, no peanuts, exct., a “meal modification” form is required. 

  • Paperwork is sent out ahead of time to students who have known conditions, however if you did not receive paperwork please see Ms. Stark or Ms. Radel in the office.

  • Some students are allowed to carry their medications with them, we still are required to have doctors orders. This will also include a sign off with the District Nurse to ensure they know who to properly use their medication.

    • If a student has a severe allergy we request an extra epi pen be left in the health office. 

    • Students are not allowed to self carry any controlled substances/medications under any circumstances. They must come to the health office to receive those medications. 

6th Grade 

• Colorado law requires students who are entering sixth grade to receive a tetanus-diphtheria-pertussis (Tdap) vaccine before their first day of school.

• Dental in the spring (a permission slip is required for this, more information to come later in the year)

• If you have any concerns with your students vision or hearing please let the health clerk know, and we can add them to our screening list 

7th Grade

• Vision and Hearing Screenings in the fall (if you do not want to participate you can sign an opt out form (these will be sent home around screening time)

• Dental in the spring (a permission slip is required for this, more information to come later in the year)

8th Grade 

• If you have any concerns with your students vision or hearing please let the health clerk know, and we can add them to our screening list 

If you have any questions or concerns in regards to health related issues, please call Cheyene Laidlaw, RN, BSN at  970-285-5707

A message from the District Nurse

All Students:

• If you want a personal exemption you must watch the video and bring in the certificate befores school starts.  id="docs-internal-guid-0482e8f4-7fff-961c-68d2-29c50389da1c" style="font-size: 1rem;">https://www.dcphrapps.dphe.state.co.us/storyline360/story.html

• If your student needs a medical exemption for immunizations, then a physician must sign an exemption form. 

• Exclusion letters will be sent home in November if your student is still not compliant with immunizations, this includes having an exemption form on file. 

• Health conditions: Any student who has a health condition such as asthma, allergies, migraines, exct., need to be reported to RN

  • If medications are needed during school hours, this will require a doctor's order. 

  • If your child has certain food requirements, such as can’t have milk, no peanuts, exct., a “meal modification” form is required. 

  • Paperwork is sent out ahead of time to students who have known conditions, however if you did not receive paperwork please see Mrs. Hart or Mrs. Medina in the office.

  • Some students are allowed to carry their medications with them, we still are required to have doctors orders. This will also include a sign off with the District Nurse to ensure they know who to properly use their medication.

    • If a student has a severe allergy we request an extra epi pen be left in the health office. 

    • id="docs-internal-guid-0482e8f4-7fff-961c-68d2-29c50389da1c">Students are not allowed to self carry any controlled substances/medications under any circumstances. They must come to the health office to receive those medications. 

9th: 

• Vision and Hearing Screenings in the fall (if you do not want to participate you can sign an opt out form (these will be sent home around screening time)

10-12th 

• If you have any concerns with your students vision or hearing please let the health clerk know, and we can add them to our screening list 

If you have any questions or concerns in regards to health related issues, please call Cheyene Laidlaw, RN, BSN at 970-285-5707