Confidentiality Notice
The York Suburban School District Health Services Department complies with federal and state regulations regarding the confidentiality of all student health information, both written and oral. As such, school nurses will not discuss the health concerns or findings of any child in the District other than your own. We want parents to feel comfortable consulting with Health Services staff members and sharing medical information about their child without worrying about privacy issues. Should you have questions about the care of your child, please contact your school nurse listed below.

Physical Examinations
Physical examinations are required for children upon original ENTRY into school, in GRADE 6, in GRADE 11, and for any child who does not have documentation of a physical exam from their previous school. The exams must have been completed after July 1 of the previous year. Sports physicals, as well as copies of driver’s licenses, will be accepted.

Dental Screenings
Dental evaluations are required within one year of entry to KINDERGARTEN, GRADE 3, and GRADE 7.

Immunizations
Unless the child has a medical or religious/philosophical exemption, Pennsylvania School Health Law requires all children have the required medically appropriate vaccines or a plan to obtain those vaccines, or he/she will risk exclusion from school.

For attendance in ALL GRADES (K-12), children need the following:

• 4 doses of tetanus, diphtheria, and acellular pertussis (DPT)* - last dose after fourth birthday
• 4 doses of polio - last dose after fourth birthday
• 3 doses of hepatitis B
• 2 doses of measles, mumps, rubella (Usually given as MMR)
• 2 doses of varicella (chickenpox) or evidence of immunity

For attendance in GRADE 7, children need the following in addition to the above:

• 1 dose of tetanus, diphtheria, acellular pertussis (Tdap) on the first day of seventh grade
• 1 dose of meningococcal conjugate vaccine (MCV) on the first day of seventh grade

For attendance in GRADE 12, children need the following in addition to the above:

• 1 dose of meningococcal conjugate vaccine (MCV) on the first day of twelfth grade. If one dose was given at age 16 or older, that counts as the Grade 12 dose.

If a child does not have all the doses listed above and the next dose is not medically appropriate, the child must provide an alternative medical plan for obtaining the required immunizations. This plan must be received within the first five days of school, or the student will risk exclusion.

Forms
Printable forms for physicals, immunizations, and dental screenings can be found at https://www.yssd.org/our-district/health-room/health-room-forms.

Once completed, the documentation can be returned to the school nurse at the start of the school year or scanned and emailed throughout the summer. Please feel free to contact your child's school nurse if you have any questions or concerns.

Certified School Nurses

April Miller
Valley View and Yorkshire Elementary Schools
amiller@yssd.org

Krista Wolfenberger
East York and Indian Rock Elementary Schools
kwolfenberger@yssd.org

Kacie Blum
York Suburban Middle School
kblum@yssd.org

Karla Coffman
York Suburban High School
kcoffman@yssd.org

Health Room Nurses

Tammy Daugherty
Valley View and Yorkshire Elementary Schools

Samantha Herink
East York and Indian Rock Elementary Schools