Health Services

Thayer Academy uses Magnus Health to collect and store your child’s health information for the upcoming school year. Starting in July 2022, you will receive weekly reminder emails from Magnus Health listing any incomplete requirement(s) or any existing requirement(s) that will expire soon.

Simply log in through Thayer’s Parent Portal, click on "Health Requirements (Magnus Health)", click on the Magnus Health logo, and find items marked with a “To Do” flag.

FOR ALL STUDENTS

• Vital Health Record: For new families: please complete. For returning families: information saved from last year will be displayed. Please review each section to update where necessary (e.g. injuries over the summer or new allergies) and save. Even if no changes are needed, you must save each section to complete the requirement and at the end, submit for approval.

• Consent for Medical Treatment and for a few over-the-counter (OTC): via digital authorization.

• Annual Physical Exam: Required for all students, per their individual annual renewal date. A 30-day extension is allowed for scheduling as needed.**

• Baseline ImPACT Test: For concussion assessment, when needed; required every 2 years. Follow the instructions on this page to take the test, and then enter the date of the test into Magnus.

• Concussion Education: Digitally authorize that a parent/guardian and the student have viewed the concussion education video (per the included link). Required to be viewed annually.

• COVID-19 Vaccination: The initial 2-doses of COVID-19 vaccine are required for all students. The first booster dose is strongly recommended for those who are eligible. Please be sure that all doses received are uploaded to this specific tracker. Please contact Kathy Cunningham (kcunningham@thayer.org) for those new and returning families who are requesting exemptions for medical or religious reasons.

• Immunizations: PLEASE NOTE this is a new Health Requirement for 2022-23, but parents/guardians do not need to submit data to this requirement this year. Information will be transferred by Magnus Health and the Thayer nurses.

FOR ONLY SOME STUDENTS, as applicable

• Epinephrine auto-injector for severe allergies: Please print out the form and request completion and signature from a physician. (Or a physician can provide their own Allergy Action Plan). Be sure a parent/guardian has signed the form as well before uploading it to Magnus Health,** and provide at least one epi-injector to keep in the Health Office as a backup.

• Inhaler: Please print out the form and request completion from a physician.** Please sign the form before uploading it to Magnus.** We encourage providing a backup inhaler to keep in the Health Office for use as needed (i.e. they forget to bring one with them).

• Other medications at school: For any other medication that a child needs at school, please print out a form, fill out the parent/guardian section and have it completed by the physician before uploading to Magnus Health. ** Please be sure to communicate directly with the nurses about the details of the child’s condition and associated information.

**IMPORTANT REMINDER: Please directly upload all completed forms to your child’s health record on Magnus Health. This system is intended for parental uploading to allow the nurses sufficient time to review all of the forms for Thayer’s more than 700 students. Thank you in advance for not sending the forms to the nurses either via email, fax, or otherwise.

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Massachusetts School Immunization Requirements 2022-2023§

Massachusetts school immunization requirements are created under authority of 105 CMR 220.000 Immunization of Students Before Admission to School

Requirements apply to all students including individuals from another country attending or visiting classes or educational programs as part of an academic visitation or exchange program. Requirements apply to all students, even if over 18 years of age. 

Grades 5 & 6

• DTaP: 5 doses; 4 doses are acceptable if the fourth dose is given on or after the 4th birthday. DT is only acceptable with a letter stating a medical contraindication to DTaP 
• Polio: 4 doses; fourth dose must be given on or after the 4th birthday and ≥6 months after the previous dose, or a fifth dose is required. 3 doses are acceptable if the third dose is given on or after the 4th birthday and ≥6 months after the previous dose 
• Hepatitis B: 3 doses; laboratory evidence of immunity acceptable 
• MMR: 2 doses; first dose must be given on or after the 1st birthday and second dose must be given ≥28 days after first dose; laboratory evidence of immunity acceptable 
• Varicella: 2 doses; first dose must be given on or after the 1st birthday and second dose must be given ≥28 days after first dose; a reliable history of chickenpox* or laboratory evidence of immunity acceptable 

Grades 7-12✝

• Tdap: 1 dose; and history of DTaP primary series or age appropriate catch-up vaccination. Tdap given at ≥7 years may be counted, but a dose at age 11-12 is recommended if Tdap was given earlier as part of a catch-up schedule. Td or Tdap should be given if it has been ≥10 years since last Tdap 
• Polio: 4 doses; fourth dose must be given on or after the 4th birthday and ≥6 months after the previous dose, or a fifth dose is required. 3 doses are acceptable if the third dose is given on or after the 4th birthday and ≥6 months after the previous dose 
• Hepatitis B: 3 doses; laboratory evidence of immunity acceptable. 2 doses of Heplisav-B given on or after 18 years of age are acceptable 
• MMR: 2 doses; first dose must be given on or after the 1st birthday and second dose must be given ≥28 days after first dose; laboratory evidence of immunity acceptable 
• Varicella: 2 doses; first dose must be given on or after the 1st birthday and second dose must be given ≥28 days after first dose; a reliable history of chickenpox* or laboratory evidence of immunity acceptable 

Meningococcal Requirements 

• Grade 7-9: 1 dose; 1 dose MenACWY (formerly MCV4) required. Meningococcal B vaccine is not required Grade 7-9 and does not meet this requirement. 
• Grade 11-12☨: 2 doses; second dose MenACWY (formerly MCV4) must be given on or after the 16th birthday and ≥8 weeks after the previous dose. 1 dose is acceptable if it was given on or after the 16th birthday. Meningococcal B vaccine is not required and does not meet this requirement. 

Meningococcal Vaccine Phase-In Schedule 

§ Address questions about enforcement with your legal counsel. School requirements are enforced at the local level.

✝ Medical exemptions (statement from a physician stating that a vaccine is medically contraindicated for a student) must be renewed annually at the start of the school year and religious exemptions (statement from a student, or parent/guardian if the student is <18 years of age, stating that a vaccine is against sincerely held religious beliefs) should be renewed annually at the start of the school year.

* A reliable history of chickenpox includes a diagnosis of chickenpox, or interpretation of parent/guardian description of chickenpox, by a physician, nurse practitioner, physician assistant, or designee. 

☨ Students who are 15 years old in grade 11 are in compliance until they turn 16 years old. 

MDPH Immunization Division 2022-2023 School Year version effective: Mar 4, 2022 

ImPACT (Immediate Post Concussion Assessment & Cognitive Test)

Click here to download a printable PDF

Instructions for Baseline Testing

All Thayer Academy students must take the computerized ImPACT baseline test every 2 years. The test can be completed on a home computer and takes about 30 minutes. 

ImPACT is a simple cognitive assessment tool that helps health care providers to:

• Assess for concussion after a student sustains a head injury.
• Guide a student-athlete’s safe return to play.

Before beginning the ImPACT test, the student should:

• Be supervised by a parent/guardian when taking the test.
• Have access to a computer with an external mouse. (A laptop can be used as long as also using an external mouse. TouchPad and TrackPoint will not work for this test.)
• Close out of all applications except the ImPACT site within your Internet browser.
• Turn off the pop-up blocker in your Internet browser. (The test will not launch if the pop-up blocker is on. Be sure to turn the pop-up blocker back on when you are finished.)
• Ensure that the testing environment is free of noise and other distractions. You will need to concentrate and exercise your memory.
• No talking. No cell phones. No sound on the computer.

Steps to begin the test:

1. Go to the ImPACT Online Test site by clicking https://www.impacttestonline.com/htmllauncher/
2. Enter the Customer Code: E44CVM3UES.
3. Click “Launch Test”.
4. Choose your preferred language to take the test. (English is the default).
5. Answer the questions about “demographic information” and “current symptoms and conditions”. Note: # of years completed in school = your year in September minus 1. (e.g. If you're entering 9th grade in September, the number of years completed = 8).
6. Proceed with the test.
7. At the end, when prompted, be sure to include your email address and athletictrainer@thayer.org to be sent a confirmation that includes an identifying “Passport ID”.
8. Please make sure Thayer Academy is identified in the screen as shown below.

Once the test is completed:
A parent/guardian must log in to Magnus Health and enters the date of the completed test.

If you have questions about taking the baseline ImPACT test, please contact the Athletic Trainers (athletictrainer@thayer.org).