IMMUNIZATION INFORMATION

ATTENTION: All Painted Sky Elementary parents & guardians...

All students attending an Amphitheater Public school are required to have an updated immunization record or current exemption form on file at the school. It is Arizona State Law  A.R.S. 15-871-15-874 "No child will be admitted without immunization records" and must be up-to-date per Arizona Administrative code, R9-6-702. 

If you are new and/ or incoming Pre-schooler or Kindergartner, they are required to be current with dtap (diphtheria, tetanus & acellular pertussis), IPV (inactivated poliovirus), hepatitis B, MMR (measles, mumps, rubella), varicella (chicken pox) vaccines and Pre-schoolers must also be current with the Hib (haemophilus influenza B) vaccine. Please contact your Pediatrician or the Health Department to have these updated.  Please email, fax or bring a copy of the immunization record to the Health Office. 

Immunization EXEMPT students must have a signed exempt (personal for K-5, religious for Preschool or medical) form on file with the Health office to be compliant with AZDHS and the district.

You may refer to the websites below or call the Health office for any questions regarding immunization compliance.

www.azdhs.gov/phs/immun/back2school.htm

www.pima.gov/health

Parents of 5th graders - there will be Tdap (tetanus diptheria & pertussis) and MCV4 (meningococcal) immunizations required for middle school or age 12.