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The office staff of
Garcia Elementary School are available to assist you from 7:30 a.m. to 4:00
p.m. each school day.
 Student Information
Management Specialist -
Attendance, Enrollment, Transfers
Diana Peņaloza Garza
School Secretary
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Esther Urdiales
School
Finance Clerk - Irma Chairez
School Nurse
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Mary Morales-Edmond, R.N.
Medication Policy
Reminders:
- Parents, all medication must be
brought into the clinic by the parent, guardian or other responsible
adult and cannot be sent with the student or taken home with the
student.
- Written Doctor's Request form
must be filled out before I can give out any medication.
- The medication must have your
child's name on it and be in the original container and within the
expiration date on the medication bottle. No over-the-counter
medication can be given unless ordered per Doctor.
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Emergency Cards:
Please call us when you get new phone numbers. When we have
emergencies, we will use those numbers for calling the parent/guardian.
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Rolling
Backpacks:
No rolling backpacks for students.
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Extra Clothes:
Please put extra clothes (shirt, socks, underwear, shorts or skirt) in
your child's backpacks for accidents. This is a very common
occurrence for Pre-K and Kindergarten students.
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Health
Screenings:
In the Fall, we will have hearing and vision screenings for potential
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Health concerns:
Please let the school nurse know of any changes in health with new
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IMMUNIZATION REQUIREMENTS
2007-2008
This chart summarizes the
vaccine requirements incorporated in Title 25 Health Services,
99.61-97.72 of the Texas Administrative Code. Students will
not be allowed to enroll if his/her immunization records are not
presented to the school upon enrollment and if the student's
immunization records are not current. Houston ISD requests that
the immunizations be presented at the beginning of the semester
in which they are required.
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The following immunizations
are required for all Texas students:
PPCD/SPEECH and
PRE-KINDERGARTEN
- Four doses of DPT/DTaP
or DT if Pertussis is medically contra-indicated
- Three doses of Polio (IPV)
- One dose of MMR, on or
after 1st birthday
- Three doses of HIB (a
primary series with one dose on or after 1st birthday)
or 1 HIB on or after 15 months
- Three doses of
Hepatitis B
- One dose of Varicella,
on or after 1st birthday, or parent/physician statement of
chickenpox illness
- Pneumococcal Vaccine
(a primary series, plus a booster if needed according to Texas
immunization requirements).
- Two doses of Hepatitis
A vaccine
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GRADES KINDERGARTEN THROUGH
12 (K-12)
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VACCINE |
REQUIRED
DOSES |
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DPT, DTAP, DT, Td |
Five doses of any combination DTaP/DTP unless 4th
dose was given on or after
4th birthday. |
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Students 7 years or older:
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Three doses of any combination DTP/DTaP/DT/TD vaccine (last one
after
the 4th birthday)
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One
dose of Td required ten years after last dose of DTP/
DTaP/DT.
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POLIO (IPV) |
Four doses unless the 3rd dose was on or after 4th
birthday |
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MMR |
Two doses of a measles-containing vaccine with the first dose
on or after the first
birthday; second dose by age 5 or entry into
Kindergarten. |
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HEPATITIS B |
Three doses are required for grades K-12 |
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VARICELLA |
One dose on or after 1st birthday for grades K-12
Two doses if vaccine given at 13 years of older
Serologic proof of immunity or documentation of previous illness may
substitute
for vaccination.
**Receipt of the dose up to (and including) 4 days before the
birthday will satisfy
the school entry immunization requirement. |
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EXEMPTIONS
The law
allows (1) physicians to write a statement stating that the vaccine(s)
required would be medically harmful or injurious to the health and
well-being of the child, and (b) parents/guardians to choose an
exemption from immunization requirements for reasons of conscience,
including a religious belief. The law does not allow
parents/guardians to elect an exemption simply because of inconvenience
(a record is lost or incomplete and it is too much trouble to go to a
physician or clinic to correct the problem).
For children needing medical exemptions, an official document signed by
the physician should be submitted to the school.
Instructions for the affidavit to be signed by parents/guardians
choosing the exemption for reasons of conscience, including a religious
belief can be found at
www.ImmunizeTexas.com.
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the Houston Independent School District not to discriminate on the basis of
age, color,
handicap or disability, ancestry, national origin, marital status, race,
religion, sex, veteran status, or political affiliation
in its education or employment programs and activities, as required by Title
6 of Educational Amendments of 1972;
and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended.
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