Attention Sixth-Grade Parents:

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health has the following requirements for all students entering grade seven in September 2008:

• MMR: 2 doses or 2 doses of measles and one dose of mumps and rubella.
• Varicella: A physician-certified history of chicken pox disease, or one dose of vaccine for students under 13 years old or two doses of vaccine for students over 13 years old.
• Hepatitis B: 3 doses.
• Tetanus/Diptheria: one booster dose of Td (tetanus/diphtheria) if it has been more than five years since the last dose.
• A copy of an up-to-date physical examination will also be required for all students before entering seventh grade.

Many of the above vaccines may have been administered while your child was in elementary school. Please check with your health care provider to be certain that your child's immunizations are up-to-date and documented in his or her record. If you send a copy of the exam and updated information record to your elementary school health office, the information will be included in your child's health record when it is transferred to the Junior High School in June. If you do not have the necessary paperwork completed before the end of school, send it to the School Nurse at the junior high by August 29, 2008.

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