School nurses perform a variety of services to help insure the children’s health on a daily basis and to help them develop habits beneficial to long term health. Each year, nurses screen students for scoliosis and vision or hearing problems and conduct a general health screening. Our nurses are available to counsel students and parents on health related problems. They are also vital to the district’s health education program, working with teachers to help students learn good health habits.
Immunizations
All students are required by law to be immunized against polio, diphtheria, measles, German measles (Rubella), and mumps. School districts may not admit students without proof of immunization. In addition, 6th graders are required to have a TDAP booster and 2 Varicella immunizations BEFORE starting 6th grade.
New York State has added the following immunization requirement for 7th and 12th graders: Meningococcal conjugate vaccine (MenACWY)8. One dose by Grade 7; 2 doses by Grade 12 (or 1 dose if the dose was received at 16 years of age or older). All immunization requirements are generated through the New York State School Health Site: www.Schoolhealthny.com or click for the: Immunization Schedule.
We recently shared information with you about reported outbreaks of measles in parts of New York. We have no reports of measles at Wheatland-Chili. So that you are informed, please click here for parent instructions about measles provided by the District’s School Physician at WorkFit.
Our School Physician has shared that the best way to protect against measles is through the combination vaccine that provides protection against measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR), which is one of the immunizations required for school attendance.
Health Screenings
According to NY State law routine health screenings are required. If we do not receive these screenings by your child’s primary care physician, they will be performed at school. A letter will be sent home for any child that fails a screening for further follow up with your primary care physician. The following are the screenings with grade levels that will be performed:
Scoliosis Screening: Girls: 5th & 7th grades and Boys: 9th grade only
Vision Screening: pre-K, K, New Entrants; 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th & 11th grades
Hearing Screening: pre-K, K, New Entrants; 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th & 11th grades
Health Examinations: pre K, K or New Entrants, 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th & 11th grades
BMI’s are performed with health examinations every other year per state instructions
If you have any questions please contact your child’s school nurse. Thank you for your cooperation in helping to keep our children healthy.
Illness or Injury at School
If your child becomes sick or injured during the school day, you or the person whom you designate will be called. The school nurse will administer first aid if it is needed. If you cannot be reached or if the situation appears to be an emergency, family or school doctors will be called and the student will be taken to the hospital. Your child will not be sent home unless the school can reach you, a neighbor you designate, or another family member who can arrange to be home when the child arrives.
If a student is diagnosed as having a contagious disease or a condition that can be easily spread, the school nurses will notify the parents of students with whom he/she may have been in contact and assist in recommending the necessary treatment. Tutoring services during an extended illness (generally two weeks or longer) may be arranged through the principal’s office.
Pupil Accident Insurance Program
Pupil accident insurance coverage is carried by Pupil Benefits Plan, Inc. Claims and communications regarding this plan should be addressed as follows:
Pupil Benefits Plan, Inc.
101 Dutch Meadows Lane
Glenville, NY 12302
The district’s student insurance contract is a supplemental one. This means that it is designed to assist in paying medical bills which are not covered by the family policy or to cover limited expenses in the event that the family does not have an accident policy. This insurance program does not guarantee 100% coverage. Claim forms and a brochure outlining coverage through the district’s accident policy can be found in the forms below.
Services to Non-Public School Students
Students in the non-public schools are provided with the following services: health examination, hearing & vision testing, speech correction, psychological examination (on request), school social work services (on request), library materials under Chapter II, Chapter I remedial reading and math for grades 1-8, transportation, textbooks, vocational instruction, and computer software.
Contact Us:
T.J. Connor Elementary School
Julie Seide, R.N.
School Nurse
Phone: (585) 889-6238
Email: Julie_Seide@wheatland.k12.ny.us
Middle/High School
Shelly Palmer, R.N.
School Nurse
Phone: (585) 889-6221
Email: Shelly_Palmer@wheatland.k12.ny.us
