Nurse's Station

Dear Allen Academy Parents,

The service our School Nurse provides to your child during school hours is an important part of his/her day in the event of illness or injury.  In preparation for the upcoming school year, Nurse Hoffman will be continuing the following policies to help us give your child the best care possible.

Allen Academy’s medication policy reflects compliance with the Texas Education Code, Section 22.052, and the Texas Board of Nursing and Nurse Practice Act.

It is required that any prescription medication brought to school be given to Nurse Hoffman in the original labeled container with the student’s name, instructions for administration, and dosage.  Students may self-carry Emergency Medications Only (Epipen, Inhaler, Diabetes supplies, etc.).  If your student will be self-carrying their emergency medications, they will need to sign a Student Contract Form for Self-Carried Emergency Medication.  This form must be signed by the student, parent, and the prescribing physician.  For all other medications, there is a Daily Medication Administration Request and an “As Needed” Medication Administration Request that will need to be filled out and signed by you.  With each new medication or medication change that occurs throughout the school year, we will need an updated form.

Due to concerns related to COVID-19, the guidelines for when to keep your child home / when to send them to school may look a little different. If you believe that you or your child have come into close contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19, please follow the guidelines outlined in the 2020-2021 Covid-19 Policy & Protocol document available here.

If you or your child have been in close contact with someone with a confirmed positive COVID-19 test, it is important that you please contact the school to let us know. This will help us mitigate potential exposure within our school community. Please email Nurse Hoffman at [email protected] if you need to inform the school of any confirmed cases or potential exposures. 

For all other health concerns, the guidelines are as follows:

When you are trying to determine whether your child is ready to return to school, please follow these guidelines:

When your child is absent from school with an illness, we ask that you please email [email protected] and cc your child's homeroom teacher or advisory teacher. This will get the information to the correct parties.

If applicable, complete the “Daily” and “As Needed” Medication Request forms, the Food Allergy Emergency Care Plan, as well as the “Student Contract” and return a printed and signed copy of each to the Nurse’s Office in Lower School.

• Daily Medication Administration Request
• As Needed Medication Administration Request
• Student Contract for Self-Carried Emergency Medications
• Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Emergency Care Plan

In addition, here are links to the Texas Department of Health’s requirements regarding vaccines for students in PK and K-12 for reference. Please submit updated shot records to the Nurse’s Office in the event that your child receives immunizations throughout the school year.

Please feel free to call or email me to discuss any issues or special healthcare needs of your child.

Warmly,
Beth Hoffman, RN
Allen Academy School Nurse
979-776-0731
[email protected]