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Savanna School District

Today’s Learners, Tomorrow’s Leaders

Student Health Services

Student Health Services

The Savanna School District logo features a red apple with four white stars and the text 'Today's Learners - Tomorrow's Leader'.

Healthy students are better prepared to learn, achieve academically, and experience healthy growth and development. A student’s overall health and well-being can have a significant impact on attendance, concentration, behavior, energy levels, and academic performance.

Please keep the school informed if your child begins taking a new medication or takes medication daily or routinely, even if the medication is administered outside of school hours. Some medications may cause side effects or changes that can affect a student’s alertness, concentration, behavior, energy level, or overall school performance. Sharing this information with appropriate school health personnel helps us better understand and support your child’s needs during the school day.

All health and medication information will be handled in accordance with applicable privacy requirements and shared only with appropriate school personnel as necessary to support your child’s health, safety, and educational success.

Health Forms and Individual Action Plans

Forms providing the school nursing team with individual student needs are available by clicking the link below. If your health plan provider utilizes a different form, please provide a copy to the school office. It's important that parents provide our health team with as much information as possible on individual needs to ensure students remain healthy and safe at school.

Communicable Diseases

Parents must report all cases of communicable diseases (chicken pox, measles, etc.) to the school nurse. Do not send your child to school with a fever, vomiting, frequent cough or rash of any kind. When your child is absent, please call the school to notify them of the absence.

The Savanna District and the State of California regulations require that complete health and immunization records for incoming kindergartners and students new to the district must be presented in written form and authorized or signed by a public health clinic, health care provider or private doctor before a student can begin attending classes.

The health records should be brought when parents/guardians come to pre-register children for the new school year. There is no grace period: all immunizations must be up to date before a child can attend school. For additional details, parent/guardians may contact the School Nurse.

Immunization Entry Requirements by Age and Grade Before Entering:

Vaccine

4-6 Years Old
Elementary School at 
Transitional-Kindergarten/
Kindergarten and Above

7-17 Years Old
Elementary

Polio 
(OPV or IPV)

4 doses
(3 doses OK if one was given on or after 4th birthday)

4 doses
(3 doses OK if one was given on or after 2nd birthday)

Diptheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis

5 doses of DTap, DTP,or DT
(4 doses OK if one was given on or after 4th birthday)

4 doses of DTP, DTP, DT, Tdap or TD
(3 doses ok if last dose was given on or after 2nd birthday. At least one dose must be Tdap or DTap/DTP given on or after 7th birthday for all 7th – 12th graders)

Measles, Mumps, and Rubella
(MMR or MMR-V)

2 doses
(Both given on or after 1st birthday. Only one dose of mumps and rubella vaccines are required if given separately.)

1 dose
(Dose given on or after 1st birthday. Mumps vaccine is not required if given separately.)

Hepatitis B

3 doses

 

Varicella
(chickenpox, VAR, MMR-V or VZV)

1 dose

1 dose for ages 7-12 years.
2 doses for ages 12-17


For more information about school immunization requirements and resources, please visit the California Department of Public Health’s website, or Orange County Health Care Agency website.

 

California law (Education Code Section 49452.8) requires that all students receive an oral health assessment, conducted by a licensed dental professional, before May 31st of the student’s first year in school. The exam can be completed up to 12 months prior to the student starting school. For most students the first year of school is Transitional-Kindergarten or Kindergarten. If you require a dental exam waiver, please contact our district nurse.

All students in Transitional-Kindergarten/Kindergarten, 2nd and 5th grade receive a vision assessment. Boys in first grade are screened for color vision. There are State mandated screenings done by credentialed school nurses. The district school nurse facilitates any additional screenings, which include:

  • All make-ups for mandated screenings.
  • Vision and hearing parent or teacher concerns.
  • All initial IEP’s and Triennial IEP’s for students preschool to 6th grade.
  • All annual IEP’s for students with vision and hearing issues, preschool to 6th grade. 

  • The Savanna District and the State of California regulations require that complete health and immunization records for incoming kindergartners and students new to the district must be presented in written form and authorized or signed by a public health clinic, health care provider or private doctor before a student can begin attending classes.

    The health records should be brought when parents/guardians come to pre-register children for the new school year. There is no grace period: all immunizations must be up to date before a child can attend school. For additional details, parent/guardians may contact the School Nurse.

    Immunization Entry Requirements by Age and Grade Before Entering:

    Vaccine

    4-6 Years Old
    Elementary School at 
    Transitional-Kindergarten/
    Kindergarten and Above

    7-17 Years Old
    Elementary

    Polio 
    (OPV or IPV)

    4 doses
    (3 doses OK if one was given on or after 4th birthday)

    4 doses
    (3 doses OK if one was given on or after 2nd birthday)

    Diptheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis

    5 doses of DTap, DTP,or DT
    (4 doses OK if one was given on or after 4th birthday)

    4 doses of DTP, DTP, DT, Tdap or TD
    (3 doses ok if last dose was given on or after 2nd birthday. At least one dose must be Tdap or DTap/DTP given on or after 7th birthday for all 7th – 12th graders)

    Measles, Mumps, and Rubella
    (MMR or MMR-V)

    2 doses
    (Both given on or after 1st birthday. Only one dose of mumps and rubella vaccines are required if given separately.)

    1 dose
    (Dose given on or after 1st birthday. Mumps vaccine is not required if given separately.)

    Hepatitis B

    3 doses

     

    Varicella
    (chickenpox, VAR, MMR-V or VZV)

    1 dose

    1 dose for ages 7-12 years.
    2 doses for ages 12-17


    For more information about school immunization requirements and resources, please visit the California Department of Public Health’s website, or Orange County Health Care Agency website.

     

  • California law (Education Code Section 49452.8) requires that all students receive an oral health assessment, conducted by a licensed dental professional, before May 31st of the student’s first year in school. The exam can be completed up to 12 months prior to the student starting school. For most students the first year of school is Transitional-Kindergarten or Kindergarten. If you require a dental exam waiver, please contact our district nurse.

  • All students in Transitional-Kindergarten/Kindergarten, 2nd and 5th grade receive a vision assessment. Boys in first grade are screened for color vision. There are State mandated screenings done by credentialed school nurses. The district school nurse facilitates any additional screenings, which include:

    • All make-ups for mandated screenings.
    • Vision and hearing parent or teacher concerns.
    • All initial IEP’s and Triennial IEP’s for students preschool to 6th grade.
    • All annual IEP’s for students with vision and hearing issues, preschool to 6th grade. 

    • Had a fever over 100.1 degrees within the previous 24 hours
    • Had vomiting or diarrhea within the previous 24 hours
    • An unexplained rash
    • Red, itchy, or crusty eyes
    • Green or yellow drainage from the eyes, ears, or nose
    • A severe cough, sore throat, stomach ache, headache, or ear ache 
    • A contagious illness, until cleared to return with a note from your doctor
    • Head lice, until treated

    • Your child is absent
    • Your child has a contagious illness or head lice, in order to prevent disease spread

    • Please make sure that the school has up-to-date phone numbers (at home & work) so you can be reached in case your child becomes ill or injured at school
    • Please provide the school with the names and phone numbers of additional persons who may pick up your child in the event you can’t be reached
    • Provide a health care provider’s note for any student who has activity restrictions due to sprains, fractures, stitches, recent surgery, or any other problem. The student will not be allowed to go out for recess or PE until cleared to do so by a health care provider.
    • Provide a health care provider’s note for any child who has been excluded from school for a possible communicable or contagious condition. The child must be brought to the office by the parent to be checked before being allowed to return to the classroom.