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Health Office Regular attendance and full participation in instruction is necessary for a child to achieve his/her maximum educational growth. Your child should be in school unless he/she:
Please assist us in keeping our students healthy and safe by:
Students who become ill or are injured during the school day are to report to the school nurse who will administer the necessary treatment and/or contact the parents to take the student home or to the hospital. If injured or ill, students are not to go home without seeing the school nurse or the administration first. If your child is ill with a fever (over 100 degrees), or vomiting the evening prior to school, during the night, or in the morning of a school day, he/she should stay home from school that day and the parent/guardian should call the school to inform them of the absence as well as the reason for it. Following return to school from the absence, a note stating the reason for the absence should be provided to the school nurse by the parents/guardian. If your child has been under the care of a doctor, please provide a note from the doctor stating that he/she is allowed to return to school and any activity restrictions. Medication should be given at home whenever possible. New Jersey Law and the New Jersey Nurse Practice Act forbids any nurse to dispense medication without a written physician's order. This includes prescription and over-the-counter medications. However, if a medication must be administered during school hours (prescription or over-the-counter), proper authorization must be provided to the school, which is as follows: Written permission using Lacordaire Academy’s Medication Consent Form that both parent/guardian and the students' licensed Healthcare Provider (physician or nurse practitioner) must complete. In addition, the medication must be brought to school by the parent/guardian and must be in its pharmacy labeled container with the student’s name on it. (Please ask your pharmacist to label 2 containers – one for home and one for school.) Non-prescription drugs must be in the original labeled container. If the medication is sent to school in other types of containers, the nurse is not allowed to administer the medication and the parent will be called. Students who carry medication in school violate the school policy and are subject to disciplinary action. Students are not allowed to self-adminsister medications at school with the exception of inhalers and epi-pen, and then only if written authorization for this self-administration is provided by the parent/guardian and the student's healthcare provider. At the end of the school year, medication still in the health office must be picked up by a parent/guardian or it will be discarded. Over-the-Counter Medication A physician/parental request for Over-the-Counter (OTC) Medication Form is available for Tylenol, Ibuprofen, Benadryl, Cough Drops, Tums and Calamine Lotion. This form MUST be completed, signed by parent and physician and returned to the nurse before any OTC medicine can be given at school. Please take advantage of this opportunity for your child to be able to have an OTC medication for routine discomforts while at school without having to disrupt your workday! Please review the following options regarding field trips and school nurse administrated medication. The options are necessary because New Jersey law states that only the parent/guardian, school nurse or substitute nurse can administer medication to students.
Please call the school nurse to make the necessary arrangements one week in advance of your child’s trip. If you have any questions, please contact the school nurse.
If your child has reactive airway disease/asthma, New Jersey state law requires to have an Asthma Action Plan and Asthma Medication Consent Form which shall identify, at a minimum, asthma triggers, completed by your child’s physician and signed by the parent/guardian. This information will help to service your child in the event of a respiratory emergency. Asthma Action Plans and medication forms are also available in the Health Office. Some students have allergies to medication, foods or environmental factors. If your child has an allergy, please notify the health office as soon as possible. Every effort will be made to prevent an exposure to your child. If your child is taking medication at home for allergies it would be helpful to notify the nurse since some side effects of these medications can impact learning. If your child’s physician has prescribed benadryl or an Epi-pen/Twinject for your child, the Life Threatening Allergy Action Plan and Medication Consent for Epi-pen and Benadryl Form must be completed by the child’s physician and signed by parent/guardian.This information will help to service your child in the event of a life threatening allergic emergency. These forms are also available in the health office. Emergency cards are required for each student and are distributed at the beginning of each school year. The card is to be completed and signed by the parent or guardian. If the information on the card changes during the school year, please notify the school office or nurse. The information is very important in case of an accident or sudden illness of the student. Please make sure emergency cards contain current information so that you can be notified in case of illness or emergency. Change in Health Status/Medications Please notify your child's school nurse when there is a change in your child's health status, or if a medication has been added, deleted or changed to your child's treatment plan. It is important for the school nurse to have this information should an emergency occur at school. In addition, such changes are important for the school nurse to be aware of, for the proper assessment and care of your child should they become ill at school or display any side effects of a medication. Students are screened for vision, hearing, height, weight, blood pressure, and scoliosis according to the State Department of Education guidelines, which are as follows.
If any abnormalities are detected, the school nurse will notify the parent and/or guardian. The following immunizations are mandatory for school entrance/attendance in the State of New Jersey and proper documentation of these immunizations must be provided to the school nurse by the parent upon enrollment and BEFORE the first day of school. They will be kept on file in the school Health Office.
A yearly physical exam is required for all students enrolled at Lacordaire Academy. Please note that any physical exam that was performed by a physician or nurse practitioner within the 365 days prior to the first day of school will be acceptable. The physical exam must be performed by the student's Primary Healthcare Provider and documented on Lacordaire Academy 's Physical Exam Form for elementary students and on the Annual Athletic Pre-Participation Physical Evaluation Form for all high school students. The following 4 Athletic Participation Forms must be submitted to the school nurse 2 weeks prior to the first practice session. Detailed, specific instructions for all 4 forms and contained in the Instructions for ALL Athletic Partication. Health History Questionnaire (parent)
Pre-participation Physical Evaluation (physician)
NJSIAA Steroid Testing Policy (parent & athlete)
Code of Conduct (parent & athlete)
Before submitting forms, please double-check these common mistakes:
Please understand: According to NJ Administrative Code Chap. 16, 6A:16-2.2, “A form that is incomplete shall be returned to the student’s medical home for completion.”All forms must be submitted together to the nurse’s office in order for the athletic clearance process to begin. All forms may be:
WE DO NOT ACCEPT ANY OTHER FORMS!
Physical Examination Pre-K through 8 Physical Examination 9-12/Annual Athletic Pre-Participation Physical Evaluation Form Over-the-Counter Medication Form Asthma Action Plan and Asthma Medication Consent Form Life Threatening Allergy Action Plan and Medication Consent for Epi-pen and Benadryl Emergency Plan for Students with Special Health Care Needs All forms must be turned into the School Nurse
Instructions for ALL Athletic Partication High School Athletics Pre-Participation Medical Form Part A: Health History Questionnaire (Parent) NJSIAA Steroid Testing Policy Form Lacordaire Academy Code of Conduct Form All forms must be turned into the School Nurse
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