{"id":29,"date":"2015-04-15T15:33:05","date_gmt":"2015-04-15T19:33:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stjohns.k12.fl.us\/health\/?page_id=29"},"modified":"2024-04-11T08:56:26","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T12:56:26","slug":"screenings","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.stjohns.k12.fl.us\/health\/screenings\/","title":{"rendered":"School Health Screenings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Health Screening Requirements<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Florida Statute 381.0056 requires that health screenings be conducted at grade levels KG, 1st, 3rd, and 6th.\u00a0 Nurses from the St. Johns County School District, in conjunction with trained school personnel and volunteers, conduct the screenings.\u00a0 Below are the grade level screenings<span style=\"font-size: 16px\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Vision:\u00a0 Students in kindergarten, first, third and sixth grades<\/li>\n<li>Hearing:\u00a0 Students in kindergarten, first and sixth grades<\/li>\n<li>Body Mass Index (BMI):\u00a0 Students in first, third and sixth grades<\/li>\n<li>Scoliosis:\u00a0 All sixth grade students<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If a student does not pass the vision, hearing or scoliosis screening, a referral letter will be sent home indicating\u00a0that further examination and corrective measures are needed.\u00a0 Health screening information is confidential and the results are filed in each student&#8217;s cumulative folder.<\/p>\n<p>Parents will be notified by their school when screenings will take place. If you do not want your child to participate in any of the mandated screenings and wish your child not be screened, you must notify your child&#8217;s school nurse in writing before the assigned screening date.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The\u00a0Importance of\u00a0School Health Screenings<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>School\u00a0health screenings are often the best way to detect problems that interfere with students&#8217; education.\u00a0 The hearing and vision tests are important because difficulties with these senses are often subtle, and neither parents, teachers nor children may even recognize that a problem exists.\u00a0 For example, a child who has difficulty reading the blackboard may not know that she is seeing differently from anyone else.<\/p>\n<p>The purpose of the screening for scoliosis in sixth grade is to detect signs of spinal curvature at the earliest stages so that the need for treatment can be determined.\u00a0 Scoliosis, the most common spinal abnormality, is a side-to-side curve of 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