The Pennsylvania Department of Health requires the following exams and/or immunizations for students entering grades 3, 6, 7, 11 and 12. Please review the information below carefully.
Completed exam forms and updated immunization records should be submitted to the student’s school nurse prior to the start of the 2021-22 school year.
Students entering Grade 3
Students entering Grade 6
Students entering Grade 7
- Dental exam dated on or after August 1, 2020
- 1 dose of tetanus/diphtheria/pertussis (Tdap) after student's 11th birthday
- 1 dose of meningitis vaccine (MCV4) after student's 11th birthday
Students entering Grade 11
Students entering Grade 12
- Second dose of MCV4 after student's 16th birthday
Completed exam forms and updated immunization records can be dropped off at the school or emailed to the appropriate school nurse as listed here.
The school district dentist and physician can complete the exams above if preferred.
Immunization records must include each dose of vaccine and the full date (month/day/year) it was administered.
Students not in compliance with the immunization requirements above must be excluded from the start of the school year until the student can verify the immunizations were received, has a scheduled plan signed by the physician or obtains an exemption signed according to the provisions of the law.