HEALTH & MEDICINE

Illness

A child who becomes ill during the day will be isolated in the front office. You will be contacted in the event your child needs to be picked up. Please refer to Emergencies on page 11 for more information.

Immunizations

Your child’s health and safety are of major importance to us. Upon enrollment, all students must provide the required Florida Certification of Immunization, Form 680, and the School Entry Health Exam, form DH 3040. Immunizations must be kept up-to-date. These forms must be submitted no later than the parent/student orientation day.

The immunization requirements are as follows:

Four or five doses of DTaP

Four or five doses of IPV

Two doses of MMR

Three doses of Hep B

One Tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis (Tdap)

Two doses of Varicella (kindergarten effective with 2008–2009 school year, then an additional grade is added each year thereafter). Varicella vaccine is not required if there is a history of varicella disease documented by the health care provider.

Sixth-grade students must be tested for Scoliosis. In addition to compliance with all other immunization requirements, children entering, attending, or transferring to the seventh grade in Florida schools must complete the following:

One Tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis (Tdap)