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Parents of Seniors (Class of 2024)
Proof of one dose of a meningitis vaccine is required for the 12th grade. This dose must be administered on or after the student's 16th birthday. Your child may have had this dose already so please check with your medical provider. All documentation is due to the Health Office by August 1, 2023
Please check PowerSchool to see if your student has completed this requirement. If the documentation is missing, PowerSchool will be marked incomplete. Once we receive the documentation, we will change this to complete.
Your student will not be allowed to move onto campus without completing these requirements.
Note - Meningitis B vaccine is not required for high school but may be required for college. This vaccine is not the same as the required Meningitis vaccine.
Parents of Juniors (Class of 2025)
Please check PowerSchool forms to ensure that you have completed all health form requirements. If your forms are marked as incomplete, you have been notified via email of what is needed to complete the records. Completed forms need to be turned in to the health office by August 1, 2023. Your student will not be allowed to move onto campus without completing these requirements.
Parents of Athletes (Juniors and Seniors)
A sports physical is required for all IHSA sporting events. IHSA pre-participation physicals are valid for 13 months. This must be on file and valid at the start of the athletic season. Physical may be uploaded into PowerSchool forms or may be emailed to nurse@imsa.edu.
Parents of Sophomores (Class of 2026)
A certificate of Child Health Health Examination form is due by August 1, 2023. The physical date must be on or after May 1, 2023.
REMEMBER to complete the top 1/3 of the second page. This is the health history section and includes allergies, medications, yes/no health questions, a signature, and the date. If this is not complete, the form will be returned to you. Please check PowerSchool forms to verify that the records have been received and are complete. We will update PowerSchool once a week on Friday starting July 14, 2023. If the forms in PowerSchool are marked as "incomplete", you will receive an email with what needs to be completed. Your student will not be allowed to move onto campus without completing these requirements. This physical is valid for IHSA sporting activities if the doctor indicates this at the bottom of the form. A sports form is not required.
Medications
Due to the increased usage of over-the-counter vitamins, herbs, and supplements being used by students on campus, all prescription and non-prescription medications will need to be turned into the health office at move-in to be recorded so we can assure that there are not any medication interactions. The Health Office will determine if the student will be allowed to keep the medication in their room or if it will need to be kept in the Health Office. Any medications (prescription and non-prescription) kept in the student’s rooms will need to be approved and marked by the Health Office. Unauthorized medication found in a room will be referred for disciplinary action.
All prescription medications held in the Health Office will require a physician's authorization. The form will be available on the IMSA website as well as linked here. We ask that you use a pill packet prescription service if possible, or bring 3 empty, labeled bottles from the pharmacy for each prescription medication. There is no charge for these empty bottles if you let the pharmacy know it is for a residential school to send weekend and evening doses to the residence halls.
Oral contraceptive pills, short-term antibiotics, antihistamines, over-the-counter medications, vitamins, herbal supplements, eye or ear drops, insulin, and emergency medications (epinephrine, albuterol, glucagon, diastat, etc.) are examples of medications that a student may keep in their room after they are recorded in the student's health record in the Health Office. All other prescription medications will need to be stored and administered in the Health Office.
Please limit all over-the-counter medications in a student’s room to a bottle with no more than 50 tabs/caps.
Please pack all prescription and over-the-counter medication on the top of the bags and bring it to the check-in table on your move-in date. You will meet with the nurse before going to the residence hall.
Please use a permanent marker to write the student’s name on the side of the inhalers. Putting a clear piece of tape over the writing will ensure that the name stays on the inhaler. We find many of them laying around the building and halls that are not labeled.
Other forms to be used ONLY if it applies to your student:
Asthma Action Plan(correct form attached below)- if your student has asthma and uses an inhaler on a daily or frequent basis.
Food Allergy Emergency Plan Form - if your student has a food allergy that requires Benadryl or an Epi-pen.
Seizure Plan - Any student with a medical diagnosis of seizures or epilepsy
Diabetic Plan - Any student who has a medical diagnosis of diabetes.
Headache Plan - Any student with a medical diagnosis of migraines. The plan is written by the physician according to the individual's needs.
Please reach out to the Health Office at 630-907-5008 or email - nurse@imsa.edu with any questions.
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