News

May 5, 2023

TO PARENTS OF FIFTH GRADERS:

1. A current physical examination is required for entry into the 6th grade.  Parents must complete the Health History section of the physical form.

(physical exam form available in SD54 website)  

2. All children entering sixth grade must show proof of receiving 1 dose of Tdap regardless of the interval since the last DTaP, DT, or Td dose on or after the 11th birthday.

3. All children entering sixth grade must show proof of receiving 3 hepatitis B vaccines.

4. All students entering sixth grade must show proof of having received two doses of varicella vaccines.

5. All children entering the sixth grade must show proof of having received one dose of meningococcal conjugate vaccine on or after the 11th birthday. 

Please have the Certificate of Child Health Examination (sixth grade physical examination form) completed by the physician and documentation showing proof of required vaccines and return it to the school nurse by the first day of school in  August 2023..  

Sixth grade students who have not had the above requirements completed will be excluded from school in the fall. 

Thank you for your cooperation

Mrs. Connor (Lakeview Nurse)