All health concerns should be addressed with the school nurse the week before the student starts school. Action plans for health concerns like asthma, allergies, seizures, diabetes, and anxiety are available at your child’s doctor’s office. The Action Plans are necessary for establishing an Individual Healthcare Plan (IHP) by the school nurse.  Please update the school nurses with new or a changing diagnosis or medications. No action plans are needed for ADHD medications.

All records need to be turned in the week before school starts or by the first day of school. Click the links below for Arkansas Required Immunizations and Vaccine-Preventable Diseases.

Arkansas Required Immunizations

Vaccine-Preventable Diseases

Medication Forms are completed by the parent when medication is to be administered at school. Over-the-Counter (OTC), Short term Prescription (Rx) medications, and Long Term Rx Medication forms can be filled out and turned into the nurse or office personnel in your child’s division. All medication must be brought to school by the parent or guardian in the medication's original packaging or current Rx bottle. Expired medication cannot be administered to students.

OTC and Short-Term Rx Medication Administration Form

Prescription Medication Consent Form

OTC medications are given per label directions unless otherwise specified by a physician in writing. In order for the nurses to give Ibuprofen or Tylenol permission must be given in Veracross. Permission to give Ibuprofen and Tylenol is usually done during registration.  Please check and make sure this task is completed. Directions to add Ibuprofen and/or Tylenol to Veracross:

• Open your Veracross Parent Portal by going to episcopalcollegiate.org and click on the Parent and Student Quick Link tab. Click on Veracross.
• Click Update Family Profile tab.
• Click Medical Profile tab.
• Click on the drop down box next to "Add a New Request".
• Select Allowed Medications.
• Type Ibuprofen and/or Tylenol OK to Give
• Click SUBMIT.   

Junior class participates in a hands-only CPR (Cardio-Pulomary Resuscitation) class to meet the State of Arkansas mandates (Ark. Code Ann. § 6-16-143) required for graduation. This does not include CPR certification.

Episcopal Collegiate, in conjunction with the Arkansas Department of Health, offers a flu vaccine clinic every year to students, faculty, staff, and all community family members here at Episcopal. The clinic usually takes place in October, and there is no charge for the flu shot. A consent form must be filled out and submitted to the school nurse prior to the clinic. The date and time will be announced in the Wildcat Weekly 2-3 weeks before the clinic. Yard signage will also be placed around campus with the upcoming date(s).

Vision, hearing, height, and weight screenings are provided for students in grades Pre-K4 through 2, as well as grades 4, 6, and 8. Additionally, 4th-grade students are screened for blood pressure, and Pre-K3 students are screened for vision, height, and weight. It is mandated by the State of Arkansas (Ark. Act 41 of 1987, as amended by Act 95 of 1989) that 6th and 8th-grade girls, as well as 8th-grade boys, be screened for scoliosis. Time permitting, we will also screen 6th-grade boys. Parent notices of health screening dates will be sent out in the Wildcat Weekly 2-3 weeks prior to screening. Parents will be notified only if the screening results indicate that a follow-up with a physician is needed. Otherwise, parents may contact the School Nurse for screening results.

Please pick up all medications, including EpiPens and inhalers, by noon on the last day of school. Any unclaimed medications will be destroyed.