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School Health Services are maintained to promote the health of students and school personnel.  In our school, this is done through annual health screenings and emergency care for injury or sudden illness.

Emergency care is limited to first aid for accidents or illness occurring in school until the parent/guardian arrives to take the child home or for medical care.  The school nurse may not treat any injury that did not occur in school.  Please contact the school nurse if you have concerns about your child’s health.  It is important that the school nurse has a current home, work and cell phone numbers to contact you should your child become ill or injured.

When students must take medications during school hours, a note from the physician specifying student name, medication, dosage, and frequency of administration is required.  A written request from the parent is also needed.  The medication must be brought to the Health Office in its original bottle with the pharmacy label.  No child may keep medication with him/her in the classroom.  This applies to over-the-counter medications (cough syrup, acetaminophen, decongestants, etc.) as well as prescription medication.  Students with a certain diagnosis, such as asthma, may self-administer medication if the student has been instructed by their physician in the proper administration of the medication and have submitted a written doctor’s order and written parent request.  All medication orders must be renewed annually, each September.

All students will be screened annually for height, weight, vision, hearing, and blood pressure.  Students over age ten are required by law to be screened biennially for scoliosis (curvature of the spine) unless a parent requests in writing that their child not be examined. Parents will be contacted about any findings that require follow-up by your physician. 

Physical examinations are required for all new students and students entering kindergarten.  A complete physical exam signed by your doctor is required.  If students do not receive an annual physical examination by their physician, it is suggested that subsequent examinations be obtained at least once during each of the student’s developmental stages: early childhood (grade 2), pre-adolescence (grade 5), adolescence (grades 7 through 12).  Some students who transfer from certain other countries and have never attended school in the U.S. may be required to have a Mantoux test for tuberculosis per NJ Department of Health regulations.

Please see the Attendance Monitor page for information on student absences.