Nurse Updates

Dear Families,

I hope you all have had a fun and healthy summer! We are happy to have your child(ren) back to school.

Below you will find information on the following:

• Immunization Requirements
• Medications for 2025-2026 School Year
• 4K/K Requirements
• Illness Protocol
• Our Health Staff

Nicole Wollert

District Nurse

nicole.wollert@westfieldpioneers.org

Over the summer, please take a moment to review your child's immunizations to see if they are up to date with what Wisconsin law requires for attending a public school. Below is the information on current requirements:

Immunization Requirements for K through 6th grade

Immunization Requirements for 7th grade

Immunization Requirements for 12th grade

Every year schools are required to assess all students’ immunization records to determine compliance with the Wisconsin Student Immunization Law. Students have until the 30th school day to provide the appropriate documentation of immunization or a signed waiver. Starting on the 31st school day, non-compliant students may be excluded from school, in order to remain compliant with the law.

Immunization Exclusion Letter - Parent letter about exclusion based on the Wisconsin Student Immunization Law

If your child will need medication to be given at school this school year, please complete the following medication form.

The law states that a practitioner's signature is required if the medication is a prescription OR the dose written by parent/guardian on medication administration consent form for an over-the-counter medication differs from the recommended therapeutic dose on the medication label.

Due to not receiving many signed medication forms from the providers' offices this past school year, we are asking parents to get their child's provider to sign the medication form PRIOR to giving it to the school office. We will no longer be offering to fax the medication forms to provider's offices/clinics for signatures.

The student's parent/guardian must bring the medication in the original (manufacturer's or pharmacy-labeled) package and the package must list the ingredients and recommended therapeutic dose.

Students are not allowed to keep their own supply of medication in their lockers. Needed medication must be administered through the school office.

STOCK MEDICATION

As a courtesy, the School District of Westfield will offer stock (school supplied) Acetaminophen and Ibuprofen to middle school and high school students (ages 12 and over) while at school as needed during the current school year. Parent/guardian consent is needed for students to receive these stock medications - Stock Medication Consent Form.

Stock medication will be administered according to package directions (stated below):

Acetaminophen 500 mg tablet - One tablet every 6 hours for headache/pain

Ibuprofen 200 mg tablet - One tablet every 6 hours for headache/pain

This consent covers occasional use only, and will be given at the discretion of the school nurse or designated school staff. Any student that requires any of these medications on a regular basis will be asked to provide their own supply of medication and will need a medication consent form filled out by the student's parent/guardian and medical provider. School supplied medications will not be given to students more than ten times during the school year. If your child reaches the tenth time, a letter will be sent home, alerting you that your child has depleted their doses for the school year.

School supplied medications will only be given to students during the school day; they will not be available on school sponsored trips, athletic events, or after school activities.

If your child is entering school for the first time in either 4K or Kindergarten this year, please review the following information.

Immunizations:

Our 4K students should have the following vaccines before starting school or the parent should sign a waiver: 4 DTaP/DTP/DT, 3 Polio, 3 Hepatitis B, 1 MMR and 1 Varicella (or have had chickenpox disease).

Additional immunizations are required before the child enters Kindergarten (4 DTaP/DTP/DT/Td, 4 Polio, 3 Hepatitis B, 2 MMR and 2 Varicella).

Schools are required to send legal notices if timelines are not met.

County health departments offer free vaccinations to children who do not have insurance or you may go to your doctor for the vaccines.

A completed Student Immunization Record form is required each school year and is due no later than the 30th school day.

Student Immunization Record form - English

Eye Examination:

An eye examination is recommended before school entrance.

Wisconsin law requires schools request each student entering kindergarten for the first time (either 4K or K) have a professional eye exam.

Many eye doctors provide a reduced fee for pre-kindergarten vision exams.

Please have the examiner complete the Eye Examination form and return it to the school.

Eye Examination form - English

Eye Examination form - Spanish

Physical Examination:

A physical examination is recommended before school entrance.

Please have the examiner complete the Physical Examination form and return it to the school.

Physical Examination Form - English

Medications:

If your child needs to take medication(s) during the school day, you will need to complete a Medication Administration Consent form. Use one form for each medication.

You will need to provide the medication to the school in the original medication container.

The school cannot give any medication until you have the form completed.

If it is a prescription medication, your child's medical provider will need to sign the medication form as well.

You can find the form along with more information here.

If your child has a fever over 100 degrees, is vomiting, or has diarrhea, your child should stay home from school. Your child may return to school when they have been free of fever/vomiting/diarrhea for at least 24 hours.

Your child should also stay home from school if he/she has an unidentified rash or live head lice.

If your child has a rash, your child may return to school when their doctor recommends. Please provide a note to your child's school office from their medical provider indicating when they may return.

If your child has live head lice, he/she may return to school after they are treated as long as there are no longer any live lice.

Your child should stay home if he/she has an eye infection and is unable to avoid touching their eyes.

If your child has a communicable disease, please refer to this chart for guidance on when they may return to school.