Health

List of 9 items.

• Annual Hearing, Vision, Acanthosis Nigricans, and Scoliosis Screenings

  These Lower and Middle School screenings are provided in the fall to all new students, and yearly/every other year depending on the age of the student.

  • Vision/Hearing- PK4, Kinder, 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th grade
  • Spinal Screening- Girls age 10 or (5th grade) and age 12 (7th grade), Boys age 13 or 14 (8th grade)
  • Acanthosis Nigricans- 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th grade.

• Food Allergies/Dietary Restrictions

  These may also be noted in Magnus Health.  Please email the school nurse separately in order to alert the cafeteria staff of any changes needed.

• Health Policies

  A  student may attend school, if he/she has been fever free for 24 hours without the  use of anti-fever medication. A fever is defined as an oral temperature of 100° or greater. Students returning to school before 24 hours has passed will be sent home.

  
  Other communicable diseases may also keep a student from attending school. Students should remain at home when they exhibit the first symptoms of a disease. 

  
  A doctor’s note may be required if illness is prolonged or if there is a question of communicability such as rashes, sore throats, eye infections, or swollen glands. If a student is placed on antibiotics, he or she may return to school after 24 hours of taking the antibiotic and is symptom free. 

• Medication Administration

  Over the counter and prescription medication may be administered at school with a proper consent form, signed by a parent, and on file (found in Magnus Health).  All medications supplied to the school must be labeled with the student’s name, date-of-birth, name of medication, dosage, and time.

• Severe Allergies, Anaphylaxis, Epi Pens

  Severe student allergies may also be noted in Magnus Health. If the allergy can cause anaphylaxis, a separate allergy/anaphylaxis management form must be completed. Epi pens, if needed, will remain in the nurse’s office unless otherwise specified. Epi pens must be labeled with student’s name, date-of-birth, name of medication, and dosage.

• Required Immunizations

  All students enrolled in a Catholic school in the State of Texas must be immunized against vaccine preventable diseases in accordance with the immunization schedule adopted by the Texas Department of State Health Services. A student who fails to present the required evidence shall not be accepted for enrollment.  The only exemption to this requirement is a medical exemption signed by a licensed physician (Form 311). Immunizations are not in conflict with the Catholic faith, therefore conscientious exemptions will not be accepted. The current list of required vaccines completed by Kindergarten:

  
  DTaP (5 doses), Polio (4 doses), Hepatitis A (2 doses), Hepatitis B (3 doses), MMR (2 doses), and Varicella (2 doses).

  
  In addition, 7th grade vaccine requirements are an additional Tdap booster, and quadrivalent Meningitis.

• Magnus

  St. Michael's Prep uses Magnus Health, a secure online software program for collecting student health records and managing student health information.

  Magnus Health

• Concussion Policies & Forms

  Concussions and head injuries are taken seriously at St. Michael's Prep.  Should a student experience a hit to the head in any way during school hours, our school nurse will call parents to discuss next steps. Should a concussion be diagnosed, our nurse and the Division Head will work together with the student's parents and physician to engage the Concussion Protocols for Returning to Learn and Returning to Play.

  
  Please click here to view our concussion protocol.

• Diabetes Care

  Our school nurses are trained in Type I diabetes care. Please contact our nurse with specific questions or concerns.