Nurse's Corner

2024-2025 School Year

 

The TCCBED and Archdiocese of Galveston Houston office requires that all students have the following before the first day of school:

            Student Emergency Information Card
            TB Questionnaire
            Pre-Participation Physical Evaluation
            Immunization Policy
            Immunization Record must be up to date and stamped or signed by Physician

 

If  your student has any condition that requires intermittent or ongoing treatment, please complete the corresponding form from the list below:

            Medication Permission
            General Illness Action Plan
            Asthma Action Plan
            Diabetes Action Plan
            Food & Life-Threatening Allergies Action Plan
            Student Seizures Form

 

If you have any questions, please contact our School Nurse at 281-446-8535.

 

Immunization Requirements:

3 and 4 year olds:

• Polio – 3 doses
• DTP/DTaP – 4 doses
• MMR – 1 dose on or after 1^st birthday
• HIB – 1 dose on or after 15 months unless a primary series and booster was completed prior to, or at, 15 months of age.
• Hepatitis A – 2 doses
• PCV7 - 2 doses

*It is recommended that DPT/Polio and 2^nd MMR be given as soon as possible after the 4^th birthday. They are required by the 5^th birthday. Varicella – 1 dose if born after September 2, 1994.

5 and 6 year olds:

• Polio – 3 doses with one on or after the 4^th birthday.
• DTP/DTaP/TD – 4 doses with one on or after the 4^th birthday.
• MMR – 2 doses – first given on or after the 1^st birthday and second given no sooner than 28 days from the first doses.
• HEPITITIS B – 3 doses
• Varicella – 1 dose

7 Year olds:

•  Polio – 3 doses with one on or after the 4^th birthday.
• DTP/DTaP/TD – 3 doses any combination with one received on or after the fourth birthday.
• MMR – 2 doses – first dose given on or after the first birthday and second dose no sooner than 28 days from the first dose.
• HEPITITIS B – 3 doses if born after September 2, 1992. It is recommended for all students.
• Varicella – 1 dose if born after September 2, 1994.

 

Middle School requirements are:

• DTP/DTaP – 3 doses (any combination) with one dose on or after the fourth birthday and within the last ten years.
• Polio – 3 doses with one dose after the fourth birthday.
• MMR – 1 dose on or after the first birthday and a second dose by the 12^th birthday if born between September 1, 1978, and before September 1, 1991.
• Hepatitis B – 3 doses.
• Varicella – 1 dose if born before September 2, 1994.