Health Center
Hours: 7:25 a.m. to 2:25 p.m.
To report an absence: 860-529-7261
If you call before office hours you may leave a voice mail message stating the child's name, teacher, and reason for absence. You may also request to have the child's schoolwork left in the office to be picked up by 3 pm or to be sent home with another student.
Health requirements for entering school:
Students entering Corpus Christi School from an out-of-state school district must meet State of CT health requirements before school entry. The transfer student must have a recent (less than a year) history and physical examination on file.
Preschool: Early Childhood State of CT Health Assessment Record that must include:
- physical examination done within a year
- 4 doses DPT
- 3 doses Polio
- 1 MMR
- 3 doses HepB
- 4 doses HiB
- Varicella vaccine or written proof of illness/MD
Kindergarten: State of CT Dept. of Ed. Health Assessment Record that must include:
- physical examination done within a year
- blood work
- minimum 4 doses of DPT, 1 dose after 4th birthday
- minimum 3 doses of Polio, 1 dose after 4th birthday
- 2 doses MMR
- 3 doses HepB
- 4 doses HiB
- varicella vaccine or written proof of illness/MD
7th graders: State of CT Dept. of Ed. Health Assessment Record that must include:
- physical examination done within a year
- blood work
- 2 doses MMR
- completed HepB series (3 doses)
- varicella vaccine or written proof of illness/MD
Health Screenings:
- Height/Weight: grades 1-3-5-7
- Vision: all grades
- Hearing: grades K-1-2-3-5-7
- Impedance: grades K-1-2
- Scoliosis: grades 5-6-7-8
Vision, hearing and impedance screenings are completed in the fall. Scoliosis screening is done in the spring. Students that do not pass a repeat screening will receive a letter for a specialist referral.
Medications in school:
All medications, prescription and over-the-counter, require a written physician's order to be administered in school by the school nurse. Medication order forms are available in the healthroom. Medication must be received in the original container and brought to the healthroom by a responsible adult. Students are not allowed to transport medications to or from school. Parents are required to pick up their child's medication from the healthroom on the last day of school.
Illnesses:
Students should not attend school if they have a contagious disease, have had a fever or vomited in the last 24 hours, or have a persistent cough. Students being treated for bacterial infections (ex. strep throat..) need to have completed a full 24 hours of treatment with antibiotics before returning to school.
We appreciate your cooperation.
Children's Charity:
Each year, students collect aluminum flip top tabs from soda cans and the like. A local recycling plant will give us a check made out to the charity of our choice based on the value of aluminum in today's market. In the past, students have made contributions to the Ronald McDonald House of Springfield MA, the Ronald McDonald House of New Haven, CT, and the Child Life program at the Connecticut Children's Medical Center. Students may drop off the tabs in the health room anytime. This is an ongoing collection. Students may then nominate a charity to be the recipient of their efforts.