Health

Wellness Program

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Forms and Notices

Food Allergies at Saint John the Baptist School
Allergy Emergency Health Care Plan Form
Parent / Guardian Authorization for Medication Administration
Physicals (Kindergarten, Grade 4 and Grade 8)
Postural Screening Permission (Grades 5 to 8)
Tenanus (Tdap) Shot Reminder (Prior to entrance to Grade 7)
Winter Illness Prevention
Medication Order Form
Swine Flu Fact Sheet


Nov 23, 2009 - H1N1 Vaccinations on November 30th    NEW
Nov 13, 2009 - H1N1 Middle and High School Student Memo    NEW
Nov 13, 2009 - H1N1 Child Vaccine Administration Record    NEW
Nov 13, 2009 - H1N1 Vaccine Information Statement    NEW


Nov 10, 2009 - Swine-Flu Elementary-Aged Children Vaccination Clinic Memo
May 22, 2009 - Infectious Disease Memo
Massachusetts Letter to Parents regarding H1N1 Flu
Flu Symptom Check List

Requirements

Massachusetts School Immunization Requirements 2008 *

* These requirements also apply to all new "enterers."
N/A means there is no vaccine requirement for the grades indicated.

¹Child Care/Preschool: Minimum requirements by 24 months; younger children should be immunized according to the schedule for their age.

³Hepatitis B: 3 doses are required for child care attendance and entry into preschool, kindergarten-12th grade. Laboratory proof of immunity is acceptable.

⁴DTaP/DTP/DT/Td: >4 doses are required for child care attendance and entry into preschool. 5 doses are required for school entry, unless the fourth dose is given on or after the 4th birthday. DT is only acceptable when accompanied by a letter stating a medical contraindication to DTaP/DTP. A single booster dose of Td is required for all students entering graders 7-12 (Tdap is also acceptable). Please note: Td is not required if it has been <5 years since their last dose of DTaP/DTP/DT.

⁵Polio: >3 doses are required for child care attendance and entry into preschool. 4 doses are required for school entry, unless the third dose of an all-IPV or all-OPV schedule is given on or after the 4th birthday, in which case only 3 doses are needed. However, if the sequential or a mixed IPV/OPV schedule was used, 4 doses are always required to complete the primary series.

⁶Hib: Hib vaccine is required for child care attendance and preschool entry. The number of primary doses is determined by the vaccine product and age at which the series begins.

⁷MMR: 1 dose is required for child care attendance and entry into preschool. A second dose of measles vaccine, given at least 4 weeks after the first, is required for entry into all grades K-12. Laboratory proof of immunity is acceptable.

⁸Varicella: 1 dose is required for child care attendance and for all students at entry to preschool and K-12, unless they have physician-certified reliable history of chicken pox. If the child is 13 or younger at first vaccination, 2 doses are required.
A reliable history of chicken pox is defined as: 1) physician interpretation of parent/guardian description of chicken pox; 2) physician diagnosis of chicken pox; 3) laboratory proof of immunity.

⁹Meningococcal: Meningococcal immunization is required for: 10 newly enrolled full-time residential students attending a secondary school with grades 9-12 (in the case of ungraded classrooms, those with students age 13 and older) who will be living in a dormitory or comparable congregate living arrangement licensed or approved by the secondary school.

¹⁰At residential schools with lower grades: The requirements apply to residential students in grades pre-K through 8 only if the school combines these grades in the same school or part of a school with students in grades 9-12.