NEWS FROM THE KNOWLTON CLINIC
As
always, please call the clinic if you have
a question or concern.
IMMUNIZATIONS
We will be sending letters and calling parents whose children are not
current for immunizations. For example, many of the
students who started school at 4 years of age, now require the second
Measles vaccine at age 5. Also, those who didn't receive
the HEP A until school started are now due for their second.
Complete records are required for the class assignments for next
year. Students will not be assigned to at teacher until the
shot records are complete.
ASTHMA
Orange Alert days are air quality health alert days. On Orange Alert days, those students with Asthma or other respiratory problems will be
kept inside during recess & P.E. If Field Day is an Orange
Alert day, it will be rescheduled.
STATE
MANDATED SCREENING
After TAKS tests are over, we will be screening for Scoliosis (5th grade)
& Acanthosis Nigricans (the dark areas on the back of the neck which
are signs of an elevated risk of developing Type 2 diabetes) for 3rd &
5th grades. I will send a letter out before we screen for
Scoliosis so parents can send a letter if they do not want their child
screened.
Thank you very much!
Laura Retana, BSN, RN
School
Nurse