NEW IMMUNIZATION REQUIREMENTS
SPORTS PHYSICALS
All students planning to participate in middle or high school sports are required to have proof of a current physical exam on file in the school nurses office. Sports physicals are considered valid for one calendar year. Scheduling your student’s physical exam in summer or fall would cover their participation in any school sport for that entire school year. Students may schedule a physical with their own physician and provide documentation to the school, or they can take advantage of the pre-season sports physicals conducted here in school before the start of the fall sports season. Practitioners from Kittery Family Practice/York Hospital conduct our school physicals. The cost is $10.00, paid in cash on the day of the physical.
For the 2019-2020 school year, we will be conducting school sports physicals on the following days:
SPORTS PHYSICALS at TRAIP ACADEMY will take place on TUESDAY, AUGUST 20th FROM 8AM- 10:30AM. This is during the first week of fall high school sports practices. High school coaches will provide student athletes with the Pre-Participation Sports Exam forms which MUST be completed, signed by a parent/guardian and brought in with the $10.00 fee on the day of the physical. This form is also available on the school nurse and school athletic websites. http://kitteryschoolnurses.blogspot.com/
https://sites.google.com/a/traipacademy.org/traipathletics/fa cilities/traip-academy
These new immunization requirements, effective for the start of the school year, are:
One dose of meningococcal vaccine MCV4 is required for all students entering 7th grade.
Two doses of meningococcal vaccine MCV4 are required for students entering 12th grade, with a minimum interval of 8 weeks between dose one and dose two. If the first dose of meningococcal vaccine was administered on or after the 16th birthday, a second dose is not required.
We are providing you with this information now so that you have ample time to schedule an appointment with your student’s health care provider prior to the start of the 2019-2020 school year. All affected students will need to have proof of these immunizations on file in school before the start of the new school year.
Please provide an updated shot record for your student to the school. These may be faxed directly to your student’s school nurse or you can bring or send them in to the school.
Brenda Bladen RN, Shapleigh School, 43 Stevenson Road, Kittery, ME 03904
fax# 207-439-9958, email: bbladen@kitteryschools.com
Betsy Burke RN, R.W. Traip Academy, 12 Williams Avenue, Kittery, ME 03904
fax# 207-439-3789, email: bburke@kitteryschools.com
For additional information, please contact the Maine Immunization Program at # 207-287-3746 or # 800-867-4775 or by email at ImmunizeME.DHHS@maine.gov.
SPORTS PHYSICALS
All students planning to participate in middle or high school sports are required to have proof of a current physical exam on file in the school nurses office. Sports physicals are considered valid for one calendar year. Scheduling your student’s physical exam in summer or fall would cover their participation in any school sport for that entire school year. Students may schedule a physical with their own physician and provide documentation to the school, or they can take advantage of the pre-season sports physicals conducted here in school before the start of the fall sports season. Practitioners from Kittery Family Practice/York Hospital conduct our school physicals. The cost is $10.00, paid in cash on the day of the physical.
For the 2019-2020 school year, we will be conducting school sports physicals on the following days:
SPORTS PHYSICALS at TRAIP ACADEMY will take place on TUESDAY, AUGUST 20th FROM 8AM- 10:30AM. This is during the first week of fall high school sports practices. High school coaches will provide student athletes with the Pre-Participation Sports Exam forms which MUST be completed, signed by a parent/guardian and brought in with the $10.00 fee on the day of the physical. This form is also available on the school nurse and school athletic websites. http://kitteryschoolnurses.blogspot.com/
https://sites.google.com/a/traipacademy.org/traipathletics/fa cilities/traip-academy
SPORTS PHYSICALS at SHAPLEIGH SCHOOL will take place on TUESDAY, SEPT. 10th FROM 7:45AM- 11AM. Our middle school sports physicals are offered during the first weeks of the school year, the time when many students first decide to participate in school sponsored sports. This is a very hectic time for students and families, so be on the lookout for the Pre-Participation Sports Exam forms which will be mailed home in August with other school information. These forms MUST be completed, signed by a parent/guardian and returned to the school nurse before the Sept. 10th school physical date along with $10.00 in order for the student’s physical to be done. The form will also be available on the school nurse and school athletic websites. http://kitteryschoolnurses.blogspot.com/ https://sites.google.com/a/traipacademy.org/traipathletics/fa cilities/traip-academy