OCA Health Office

Fall 2025

Hello OCA Families,

Please take a few moments to check out the health office information and forms, as well as the information linked below.

These are a few reminders to help you with your child’s health needs at school.

  • IMMUNIZATIONS:  If your child is given new immunizations, please send a copy of their immunization record to school, so your child’s health record can be updated. This can usually be faxed to the school from the doctor’s office (Fax 802-247-5619). Forms for religious exemptions must be completed yearly and are available from the school upon request or online at the Vermont Department of Health website.

  • MEDICATIONS:  If your child needs to take medication at school (including daily medications, as-needed medications, inhalers, epinephrine (EpiPen), etc.) please bring the medication to school in the original container with a pharmacy label. 

    • Prescription Medication Permission Form:  This form must be completed by your child’s healthcare provider, and parent/guardian before medications can be given at school.  Medications will not be given without this completed form.

      • If an older student wishes to carry his/her own medication, i.e., inhaler, EpiPen, or other medication, please let the school nurse know. This will require written permission from your healthcare provider.

    • New Medication/Prescriptions:  It is preferable to start new medications on a weekend, when the reaction can be monitored by parent/guardian. The first dose of a new medication must be given at home before a child is given medication at school by the school nurse. If your child is starting a new medication (at home or at school), or has a new diagnosis, please let the school nurse know as soon as possible.

  • ONLINE REGISTRATION:  Please complete the medical section of the PowerSchool online registration as thoroughly as possible.  If any information changes throughout the school year, please notify the school nurse right away.  This includes any new medical problems/conditions, medications at home or at school, allergies, etc.

  • MEDICAL ACTION PLANS:  Students with asthma, seizures, or severe allergies require an emergency action plan to be shared with all school staff that work with your child.  Please ask your child’s primary care provider (or appropriate specialist) to complete an action plan for your child’s asthma/seizure/allergy and share it with the school nurse.  Providers are happy to complete these documents to assure the best care for their patients in the school setting. They may be faxed to the school (Fax - 802-247-5619)

  • VISION AND HEARING SCREENINGS: Vision and hearing screenings will be completed on all PreK, Kindergarten, 1st, 3rd, and 5th grade students during the school year (usually November/December). Abnormal results will be communicated to your family right away. If your child isn’t in a routinely screened grade but you have concerns about their hearing or vision, please contact the school nurse to have your child added to the screening list.

School Nurse: Calley Hewes, APRN

Office: OCA-Leicester School
Email: chewes@rnesu.org (This is the easiest way to get in touch)

Phone: 802-247-8825

Fax: 802-247-5619 (attn: School Nurse)

Health Office Forms and Documents