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CA-MRSA: What you need to know
Guilderland is one of many school
districts throughout the state dealing with CA-MRSA and
we are working closely with the Albany County Health
Department on the treatment and prevention of CA-MRSA in our
district. We want to assure parents that the
Guilderland Central School District is doing all that is
necessary to provide a safe and healthy school environment
for both our students and staff.
We continue to reinforce good hygiene
practices with our general student population, as well as
our athletes because they may be particularly susceptible.
Please encourage your children to wash their hands
thoroughly with soap, which health authorities tell us is
the best preventive measure for this infection.
For additional
information about the disease and safety tips for students,
staff, and parents, please
click here.
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Immunizations
Updated
June 12, 2007
New York State requires all children to
be immunized against polio, rubella, diphtheria, mumps,
measles and hepatitis B. Children born on or after January
1, 1994 and entering grade 6 must also be immunized against
varicella (chicken pox) or have medical documentation should
the child have already had the disease. Parental recall is
not acceptable. Students who are entering 6th grade on or
after September 1, 2007 and who are 11 years of age or older
must receive an immunization containing tetanus toxoid,
diphtheria, and acellular pertussis (Tdap).
Proof of immunization for new students
must be presented for admission.
Download a district Immunization/Health Appraisal form here
(31 KB PDF)
Physical
examinations
State Education Law requires that all
new students and students entering grades kindergarten, 2,
4, 7 and 10 must have a physical examination by either their
family physician or the school physician. It is recommended that
your family physician, who is most familiar with your child’s
medical history, perform the physical. In compliance with
the law, our school district will provide for the required
examination by a school physician for all students who do
not return evidence of a physical examination by the family
physician. Please call the nurses’ office at the
school your child attends to obtain information on the
physical schedule and a physical form if you are seeing your
own physician. Students who need a physical to obtain
working papers are also welcome to have physicals at this
time.
In addition, the district provides
annual vision screening for students in grades K-3, 5, 7, 10
and new entrants; hearing screening for students in grades
K, 1, 3, 5, 7, 10 and new entrants and scoliosis screening
for pupils in grades 5 through 9. |
