Health documents for varying conditions can be found here.
If your child has special health care needs, requires medication and/or treatments during the school day, or has a chronic health care condition (such as anaphylactic allergy, asthma, diabetes, seizure, etc.) please contact the school nurse/aide who will give you the necessary forms to be completed by you and your primary care physician. This will allow us to provide a safe and stable environment for your child while at school.
Illness: Student attendance is important. We want students in school as much as possible. However, if your child is ill, please keep him/her home so other students and staff are not exposed. When a child becomes ill while at school, a determination will be made whether the child requires exclusion. Harrisburg School District follows recommendations made by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the South Dakota Department of Health.
Children should be excluded for the following illnesses:
Each student is required to have a new annual health record completed each school year. This record is typically handed out as part of the registration packet given at open house. It should be completed and returned by the first day of school and will be kept on file in the School Health Office. Please see the school nurse/aide if you have not received or completed this form.
Harrisburg School District complies with the South Dakota Department of Health requirements in obtaining and verifying immunization records for all new and transferring students. If records are not current, the law allows for the school district to exclude children from school. Completed forms are due by the first day of school.
South Dakota Codified Law 13-28-7.1 requires students entering school or early childhood programs to present certification that they have been adequately immunized, according to the recommendations of the Department of Health. The law applies to all children entering school for the first time, including transfer students. Minimum immunization requirements are defined as:
Haemophilus Influenzae B, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, and Pneumococcal vaccines are recommended but not required.