REQUIREMENTS PER GRADE:

Early Childhood
Physical -Due by the 1st day of enrollment with up-to-date immunizations and lead screening

Kindergarten:
Physical (Within 1 year of start of school year) with up-to-date immunizations
Official Birth Certificate (not hospital).  MUST be submitted at time of registration unless there is a special circumstance approved by an Administrator (new foster child, etc) 
Vision (exam or waiver)  
Dental (exam or waiver)

2nd grade:
Dental (exam or waiver)

6th grade:
Physical (within 1 year of start of school year and up-to-date immunizations)
Dental (exam or waiver).

Transfer Students
Current Physical and immunizations -Must be performed by a physician within the state of Illinois within 30 days of registration and vision exam.

Students may be excluded from school if these health requirements are not met.

School Physicals

The “State of Illinois; Certificate of Child Health Examination” form is required for students entering grades Kindergarten, 6th, 9th.  It is also required for students enrolling for the first time in an Illinois school, regardless of the grade.

Immunizations must be documented on the front page of the physical and be up-to-date.  The parent part must be completed by the parent / guardian prior to turning in the form to the school nurse.

A chiropractor is not authorized to perform a school physical or sign the form.

Failure to provide a completed Illinois physical with up-to-date immunizations by either Oct. 15, or a date identified by the district, will result in the student being excluded from school until the verification is presented.

• Student Physical Form

Sports Physicals

No student shall be permitted to compete in a tryout, practice, or contest unless the student has a completed school physical by a licensed physician, physician’s assistant, or nurse practitioner not more than 395 days preceding such tryout, practice, or contest in any athletic activity.

• Sports Physical Form

Self Administration Asthma Form

Needs completed yearly.  The prescription label must be with the inhaler.

• Self Administration Asthma Form

Please provide an Asthma Action Plan to the school nurse every school year if your student has asthma.  An example is provided

• Asthma Action Plan

Medication Authorization Form

Needs completed yearly, and with any medication change.  Must be completed and signed by the doctor and parent prior to medications given at school.

• School Medication Authorization Form

Vision Exam Forms

Proof of an eye exam by an eye doctor must be turned into the school no later than October 15 for students who are enrolled in an Illinois school for the first time.  If unable to complete the eye exam, a waiver form must be turned in to the school.

• Eye Exam Report

The waiver is required if the parent / guardian of a child who is enrolling in an Illinois school for the first time is unable to complete the above “eye exam form.”  The waiver must be turned into the school by October 15.

• Eye Exam Waiver

Dental Exam Forms

All students in Kindergarten, 2nd and 6th grades are required to have an oral health exam by a dentist.  The dental exam form must be turned into the school prior to May 15 of the effective school year.  If unable to complete the dental exam, then a waiver must be completed and turned into the school.

• Dental Exam Form

If a parent / guardian is unable to complete the dental exam requirement by May 15, then a waiver must be completed and turned into the school by May 15.

• Dental Exam Waiver - English

• Dental Exam Waiver - Spanish

Food Allergy Form

The Food Allergy Emergency Action Plan must be completed by both the parent / guardian AND physician for students with food allergies.  Emergency medications as ordered by the physician should be provided to the school.

• Food Allergy Form

Religious Exemption to Required Immunizations and/or Exam Form

This form must be used by parents / guardians who are requesting a religious exemption to immunizations or exams for their student in Kindergarten, sixth, or ninth grades, or if the student is new to the district.  Consult with the school nurse for specific information pertaining to the form. PLEASE NOTE:  for the health and well-being of the student, he/ she may LEGALLY be excluded from school during a disease outbreak of a vaccine-preventable disease if your child was not immunized against that illness. 

• Religious Exemption Form
  

**Please notify your School Nurse personally of any Chronic Health Conditions that may need monitoring at school or any changes in your students health.