All medications brought to the clinic should be in the original container, clearly labeled with the student's name and accompanied written parental permission.

Over-the-counter medications must be dispensed in accordance with labeling directions. Please consult the label for your student's proper dosage and recommended duration of use. In addition, no vitamins, health foods, or herbal preparations will be given by the clinic.

All prescription medications must be kept in the clinic in the original container with a complete and accurate prescription label. When a dosage change is requested, written physician orders and parental permission will be required.

Important changes in immunization requirements
Sixth grade going to seventh grade parents,

The Texas Department of State Health Services has added new immunization requirements for students entering the seventh grade. You should check with your physician to make sure that your child’s immunizations are up to date.

Your child MUST have the following immunizations before the first day of classes in August 2009.

1) Meningococcal vaccine
2) Varicella Vaccine: 2 doses are now required. Most students have already received the first vaccine and now a second one is required. If your child had the chickenpox disease, the varicella immunization is not necessary.
3) Tdap: This immunization replaces the TD (tetanus booster). This immunization will be required if it has been more than 5 years since your child’s last immunization that contained tetanus.

A letter stating which immunizations that your 6th grader needs has been mailed to your home address.

If your student has already had these (or even some of these immunizations), please provide an updated immunization record to the Doerre Clinic as soon as possible.

Clinic News
Immunizations
Immunovax will be at Doerre to give immunizations to students needing Tdap, Meningococcal, and/or Varicella on Tuesday, May 12. If you are interested, please call the clinic at 832-249-5677 for the paperwork as soon as possible. If you have recieved a notice to send in the documentation for immuniztions, please do so by the due date. Your student will not be allowed to start school in August without the proper immunizations.

Screenings
Vision and hearing screenings and Acanthosis Nigricans screenings have been completed on all 7th graders and scoliosis screening has been completed on all 8th grade students. If you have received a notice to make a doctor visit for a follow-up for one of the screenings, please do so as soon as possible and return the results to the clinic at Doerre so that we may update your student’s record.

Medications
A parent or another adult must pick up all prescription medications in the clinic on or before Thursday, June 4 – the last day of classes. Students must pick up any over-the-counter medications (i.e. Tylenol, Advil, Motrin, etc.) on or before the last day of classes. Any medications, prescription or over-the-counter, will be destroyed on Thursday, June 4 at 4:10 p.m.

Paperwork for medications (ADD meds, inhalers, epi-pens, etc) to be given during school hours for the 09/10 school year, as well as IHP’s (individual health plans), will be mailed home at the beginning of June. This way you can get the doctor’s signature on the forms before the beginning of the school year. Also remember, students may not bring any prescription medications to school. All prescription medications must be brought to and from school by a parent or another adult. Students may bring over-the-counter medications to the clinic with a note from the parent and in the non-expired original container.

Vision screenings are routinely administered to all 7th grade students and any students new to Doerre during the year. If a student fails the vision screening, a referral letter is mailed home and you are asked to have your student seen by an eye care specialist if they have not been seen within the last year. The "eye examination report" should be taken with you to the examination, filled out by the eye specialist, and returned to the clinic as soon as possible. The clinic is required to keep current vision examination results in your child's health record.

Hearing screenings are also routinely administered to all 7th grade students and any students new to Doerre during the year. If a student fails the hearing screening, a referral letter is mailed home and you are asked to have your student seen by an appropriately-licensed professional for further evaluation. When your student is examined, please ask the professional to complete the "hearing referral form" and return the form to the clinic as soon as possible.

Scoliosis screenings are routinely administered to all 8th grade students and any students new to Doerre during the year. If a student fails the scoliosis screening, a referral letter is mailed home and you are asked to have your student evaluated by the physician of your choice. The completed form needs to be returned to the clinic as soon as possible.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact the Doerre clinic.
knauman@kleinisd.net