Dear Blake Middle School parents/guardians:
The school nurses will be conducting the following health screenings mandated by the MA Department of Public Health when we return from the upcoming February vacation break starting on Monday, February 27, 2023 and continuing through the month of March 2023 until the screenings are complete.
6th grade - Postural Screening
7th grade - BMI (Height/Weight), Postural Screening and *SBIRT screening
8th grade - Postural Screening
All health screenings are confidential and done on an individualized basis to protect the privacy of each child. You will be notified if your child’s health screening results require follow up by their primary care provider.
*SBIRT stands for Substance Brief Intervention and Referral for Treatment. It is a state mandated screening and education program focusing on prevention and early detection of substance use, risk assessment, brief counseling and referral as needed. The school nurses have found this individualized screening to be very beneficial in educating students about the risks of substance use. In the Medfield school district, SBIRT screening is done in 7th grade and again in 9th grade.
For more information about the postural screening program, please click here. For more information regarding all three screening programs, please click here.
If you prefer to opt your child(ren) out of these state mandated screenings, please complete the appropriate form below based on your child’s current grade level by next Friday, February 17, 2023 prior to the start of the February vacation break. If you have already completed the form, then your child is excused.
OPT OUT Form - 6th Grade Postural Screening
OPT OUT Form - 7th Grade Health Screenings - BMI (Height/Weight), Postural and SBIRT Screenings
OPT OUT Form - 8th Grade Postural Screening
If you have any questions about these mandated health screenings, please contact us in the middle school nurse's office. We can be reached at 508-242-8554 or the email addresses listed below.
Sincerely,
Tricia & Arlene
Tricia Williams, RN, NCSN
Arlene O'Donovan Driscoll, RN, MSN
School Nurses
Blake Middle School
24 Pound St.
Medfield, MA 02052
aodonovandriscoll@email.medfield.net
Office: 508-242-8554