Thetford Academy is committed to supporting our students’ overall health, well-being, and academic success so that they can achieve their highest potential. The middle school and high school years are times of rapid growth and transition, both physically and mentally. With this in mind, the school nurse serves as an important resource for students and their families.
The promotion of wellness and the prevention of illness in students and the entire school community is a key focus. The school nurse is available Monday though Thursday to support students and provide care for illness and injury with the goal of keeping students in the classroom. In addition, the Health Office tracks immunization compliance, stays abreast of illness and disease trends in the school and community, and carries out health screenings.
The Health Office uses the “Standards of Practice: School Health Services Manual” from the Vermont Departments of Health and Education as a guideline for best practices in school nursing.
The Health Office collects and submits the school’s immunization rates to the Vermont Department of Health by January 1 of each year. The Department of Health compiles the rates for each school along with a state-wide comparison. TA has an overall 95.4% immunization rate with higher rates for individual vaccines. You can see the report here.
Two TA students, Elliott Jones ’22 and Layliana Benjamin ’26, were selected to co-present at the University of Michigan Medical’s 2021 Adolescent Conference on Health. The conference, now in its seventh year, is part of Michigan Medical’s Adolescent Health Initiative (AHI), a program that aims to “advance innovative adolescent-centered health......
17 May, 2021 No comment
Two events in our local community this past week in regard to COVID cases have caught our attention and we’d like to clarify and provide some information. First, we are aware of cases at neighboring schools in Hanover and Lebanon. We are hopeful that cases will not result in outbreaks,......
14 October, 2020 No comment
The following letter was sent home to all families the week of September 28. Dear Parents & Guardians, Thetford Academy and Upper Valley Pediatrics will hold a student flu clinic on Thursday, October 15. Flu vaccines are free for all TA students through the VFC (Vaccines for Children) program at the Vermont Department of Health. Your......
02 October, 2020 No comment
