HEALTH PROGRAM
Shepherd School. Health screenings and checks include:
1. Height and weight of all students at the beginning of the school year and again at the end of the school year
2. Vision screening of all students at the beginning of the school year
3. Hearing tests to students in grades 1, 4, and 7, and to any student who is referred by a teacher
4. Scoliosis screening of students in grades 5 – 8
5. Health records for all students. These are updated every year. Written documentation of a physical check-up by a physician is required for students entering KINDERGARTEN and entering 6TH GRADE. These are due by the first day of school. Physicals performed after January 1 are considered valid for the school year beginning in August of the same year.
Mrs. Schnautz works closely with the Evansville-Vanderburgh Public Health Department that provides a Public Health Nurse to conduct any necessary re-checks of vision, hearing, and scoliosis.
Parents should notify the school when a health care provider makes a diagnosis of a communicable disease such as chicken pox, fifths disease, or strep throat.
Head Lice : Students may be subject to inspection for head lice when warranted. Parents will be notified should a case be diagnosed in their child’s homeroom. Other precautionary measures include head checks of the students in the homerooms of siblings of the student diagnosed, bagging of pillows and stuffed animals in the classroom, wiping down the headsets in the computer lab, and notification of a locker partner. Before admittance to school after treatment, the student must be checked at the office. .