Health Office

Staff

Pat O'Connor , RN, IL Certified School Nurse

, RN, Medication Nurse

Anna Yeganegi , Health Aide

Wiesbrook School has daily health office coverage.  If you have questions regarding physical/immunization requirements, or would like to share concerns that you have for your child, please contact the health office at 682-2190 during school hours.

Health Requirements for Elementary School Attendance

A physical examination done by a licensed physician or nurse practitioner is required for entry into:

• Early Childhood Kindergarten
• Kindergarten
• 6th Grade
• Students entering school for the first time

The physical examination must be dated no earlier than one year prior to the first day of school.

Students may not participate in physical education class until the required physical form is on file in the health office.

 A complete record of immunizations is also required for school attendance. The Varicella vaccine (chicken pox) or proof of varicella disease is required for children entering kindergarten through third grade (for the 2005-2006 school year). The series of three Hepatitis B vaccines is required prior to fifth grade entry. Other vaccines required for school entry include diptheria, pertussis, and tetanus; measles, mumps, and rubella; and polio.

Transfer Students: Parents of transfer students must sign a release of information form so that records confirming compliance with physical and immunization requirements can be obtained from the former school. New students have a thirty (30) day grace period to provide evidence of a physical examination and immunizations. For safety considerations, students may not participate in physical education classes until the required physical form is on file in the school office.

Guidelines to consider when sending your child to school:

* Students should be free of fever (without use of medication), diarrhea or vomiting for 24 hours before returning toschool. A temperature of 100°F by mouth or 99°F under the arm is considered a fever.

* A doctor’s note clearing return to school is required for students with unexplained rashes.

*Please keeps your child home if cold symptoms or low energy level will interfere with your child’s ability to keep up with the school day activities.

 

Quick Facts That May Be Helpful to Know

*Physicals are required for all students entering Kindergarten, Sixth grade, and for students entering school for the first time. Physicals must be completed no earlier than 1 year prior to the student’s first day of school.  Students   transferring from an Illinois school may submit the physical on file from the previous school.  Out of state/country transfer students must present a health examination that was completed within one year prior to entry into an Illinois school on a form comparable to the Illinois physical form.  

Download the school physical form here

Eye Exams are required for students entering school (in Illinois) for the first time (Kindergarten or out-of-state transfer). http://www.idph.state.il.us/healthwellness/eyeexamreport.pdf

 *Immunizations are required for school attendance.  Refer to the web site listed below for required immunizations.

Medical and Religious objections to any immunizations must be submitted in writing and be approved by a district committee. http://www.idph.state.il.us/about/shots.htm

*Dental Examinations are required for students entering Kindergarten and Second grade.  Download a Dental Examination form here.

*Medication:  In order for your child to receive any medication at school, you and your child’s doctor must complete the district’s medication order form. Download an Administration of Medication Form here

 *Asthma:  The incidence of children in the school setting with asthma has been increasing at an alarming rate.  A medication permission form is required for the administration of any medication.  Download an Asthma Action Plan here

 *Food/Peanut Allergies/Asthma/Bee Sting/Health Concerns:  Please notify the nurse’s office if your child has any type of severe allergy that may require emergency attention or any other health concerns that we need to be aware of or treat during the day. We will need to have an action plan so we can provide the care that your child requires in case of an emergency.

*Please call the school or nurse’s office if your child has or is being treated for a childhood or communicable disease such as: strep throat; chicken pox; rotavirus; hand, foot and mouth disease; fifth’s disease.

*Vision & Hearing Screenings are conducted by the DuPage County Health Department.  All special education students, kindergartners, second graders, and students new to the district will be screened for vision and hearing.  First and third graders will be screened for hearing.  A nurse will be contracted for Wiesbrook School to screen the fourth grade students for vision.   If you have any questions or concerns regarding your child’s vision or hearing, please contact one of the health office staff.