School Nurse

Welcome to the School Year!


If your child needs medication at school, please see the Medication Permission Form for our detailed school policy. School policy does not allow students to carry medication. If a student is required to take medication during school hours, a medication permit form is required. The state is available in the school office or from this site on the left side under documents. Papers must be signed and turned in with any medication. 

Please let me know if your child has any changes in their medical history or alleriges. Any student with allergies requiring an epi-pen, asthma, seizures disorder or diabetes will need an action plan signed and dated by the physician. It is required that the school be provided with any prescribed emergency medications to be administered if indicated. Additionally, a medication permission form will need to be completed and signed by a parent or guardian. We have sample allergy, asthma, and diabetes action plans on the left side under documents. When your child has required immunization, please send or drop off a copy in the school office. 

Annual physicals are required for all student-athletes. Athletic competition Health Forms are available in the school office or from this site.

The school nurse's hours are Monday-Friday, 9:00 am- 3:00 pm.

Many of our children have been stressed due to factors like school, grades, friends, uncertainty, and fear of the pandemic. We want to help you as parents support your child's emotional well-being. With that in mind, this is a helpful resource from the American Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. It has several short 6-minute videos for young kids and teenagers about techniques to help. Please go to the link for the resources and to learn more: Tools for Supporting Emotional Wellbeing in Children and Youth.

Prescreening Questions

The presence of any of the symptoms below generally suggests an individual has an infectious
illness and should not attend school, regardless of whether the sickness is COVID-19. For anyone with
chronic conditions, symptom presence, should represent a change from their typical health status to
warrant exclusion from school:

• temperature of 100 degrees Fahrenheit or higher 
• sore throat
• severe nasal congestion
• cough (for students with chronic cough due to allergies or asthma, a change in their cough from
• baseline)
• difficulty breathing (for students with asthma, a change from their baseline breathing)
• diarrhea or vomiting
• new loss of taste or smell
• new onset of severe headache, especially with a fever

• If a student has a fever, they can return to school when they are fever-free for 24 hours

• If a student has vomiting, nausea, or severe abdominal pain, they can return to school when

• If a student has a sore throat, acute cold, or persistent cough, they can return to school when

• If a student has an earache, they can return to school when they are symptom-free
• If a student has head lice, they can return to school when they are lice and nit-free
• If a student has diarrhea, they can return to school when diarrhea-free for 24 hours without the use of diarrhea-suppressing medications

• School will follow the CDC and Texas DSHS guidance for individuals who test positive for COVID-19. 
  • The Texas Department of State Heath Services has updated its school exclusion criteria to align the requirement for COVID-19 with those for other respiratory viruses like flu.
  • Students now only need to be excluded from school until they have been fever free for 24 hours without the use of fever-reducing medication.

• A doctor’s note is required to return to school for the following:
• absent due to illness for more than three consecutive days
• red, inflamed, or discharging eyes
• swollen glands around jaws, neck, and ears
• other illnesses or injuries noted as acute