REQUIRED IMMUNIZATIONS FOR ATTENDANCE AT SHES ARE:

• Polio (IPV/OPV)-- three doses, at least one of which was given after the fourth birthday.

Diptheria/Tetanus/Pertussis –four doses, at least one dose must be administered after the fourth birthday. A fifth DTaP is recommended.
• Measles/Mumps/Rubella – one dose given after twelve months, a second dose between four and six years of age or before entering SHES.
• Hepatitis B – three doses.
• Varicella (chicken pox) – one dose after one year of age or reliable history of disease.
• HIB – two to four doses.
• IPPD Skin Test (for TB) – Not mandatory, but recommended every three years. If newly positive, X-ray taken and follow-up according to Community Health guidelines.

IMMUNIZATION REGULATION Each student must have a Certificate of Immunization reviewed and updated before entering school. New student immunization records must be taken to the school nurse or immunization clinic for review. If all mmunizations are up-to-date, the school nurse or the immunization clinic will issue the Certificate of Immunization. If an immunization is needed the school nurse will send the student with his/her parents to the
Immunization Clinic for the necessary immunizations. After the immunizations have been given, the Immunization Clinic will issue the Certificate of Immunization. Once notified of any delinquency, you have 10 days for your child to receive the necessary vaccine(s) prior to disenrollment.

To see the full policy on health care,medications, and immunizations, please refer to page 17 of the student handbook.