Nursing & Health

Keep your child at home and away from others until at least 24 hours after both symptoms are getting better and have not had a fever (and are not using fever-reducing medication).

Health Forms Required for Athletics Clearance

Health Forms Required for Athletics Clearance

Important Mandated Immunization

Parents and Guardians, Vaccination Requirements have changed.
Parent and Guardian Letter concerning Meningococcal Immunization.
Parent and Guardian Letter concerning T dap (Tetanus Diphtheria and acellular Pertussis) Immunization.
View important information concerning students who are unable to receive their vaccines from their healthcare provider in English or Spanish.

Yearly Health Examinations

All Students:

Physical and dental health exams from health care providers are required for students entering grades K, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11 and new entrants. Download forms below:

NYS School Health Examination Form including Dental Health Certificate.
The Student Health Inventory Form should be filled out by parents / guardians each year and submitted to the school nurse in the first week of school. Also available in Spanish.
NYS Screening Overview Chart.
Seizure Disorder-Emergency Care Plan Form.

Allergies

Food

If your child has food allergies, please fill out the Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Emergency Care Plan in English or in Spanish. Please return it to the school nurse.

If your child is allergic to any nuts, please fill out the Nut-Free Table Form and return it to the school nurse.

If your student self carries medication for allergies, please fill out the Independent Medication Carry and Use Form.

Bees

If your child has an allergy to bees, please fill out the Bee Sting Medication Form.

Dispensing Medication at School

To comply with NYS Medication Guidelines, school nurses are not permitted to dispense ANY medication to students without an order from your child's physician. This includes all over-the-counter medications such as Tylenol, Motrin or Advil, allergy medications (Benadryl), cough drops as well as asthma inhalers.

Please have your child's physician complete a medication authorization form for each medication to be given.

Medication Administration Order Form
Medication Administration Order Form-Spanish Version.
Asthma Action Care Plan Spanish Version
Independent Medication Carry and Use Form

A parent must deliver the medication in the original, correctly labeled pharmacy container to the school office or nursing office personnel.

Reporting an Absence

It is essential to call your child in each day he or she is absent or late, even if it is weather related.

Parents are required to provide a written excuse each time a child is absent or late. The note should be sent with the child when he or she returns to school.

To report an absence, call the numbers below or email your school nurse directly.

Hawthorne-To report an absence, please use dismissal manager. https://hes.mtplcsd.org/parent-resources/school-dismissal-manager
Columbus-To report an absence, please use dismissal manager. https://hes.mtplcsd.org/parent-resources/school-dismissal-manager
Westlake Middle School - Please email - wmsattendance@mtplcsd.org or call 769-5500 x 1507 (attendance office) Notification of your child's absence is required; please email or call and include the reason. If the absence results from illness, please mention this in your correspondence.
Westlake High School-If your child is going to be absent, please email whsattendance@mtplcsd.org or call 769-8311, prompt 1 or ext. 1507. Please include the absence reason in your email or call. If your child is home due to illness, please indicate that in your communication.

Applying for a Job

Lice Information

BMI Reporting and Opt Out Form

Changes to the NYS Education Law require Doctors to include BMI (Body Mass Index) and related Weight Status Category on the mandated School Physical Exams. BMI and Weight Status Category are based on your child’s current height and weight.

The Weight Status Category provides us with information regarding your child’s BMI-for-age percentile, for example, less than 5th percentile, 25th percentile, 50th percentile, etc. This information allows us to know if your child’s weight is in a healthy range.

NYS Department of Health mandates our district to take part in a BMI/Weight Status Category Survey. We will not be submitting any personal student information on the survey. Names will be withheld. We will only be sending tallied Weight Status Category information which will help health officials develop programs that make it easier for children to be healthier.

You may choose to have your child’s information excluded from this survey report. If you do not wish to have your child’s Weight Status Category included, please complete the form below and return it to the Nurses Office by December 1st. If the form is not returned, your child will be included in the survey.