Health Services

A full time registered nurse staffs the Delbarton Health Office during the school day from 8 am to 4 pm. All medical concerns, health forms, medications and special medical needs are handled by the Health Office.

The goal of Delbarton Health Services is to strengthen and facilitate the educational process by improving and protecting the health of students, faculty and staff. Delbarton Health Services provides physical and emotional support to help students deal with periodic illness or injury.

Please contact Delbarton Health Services with any questions or concerns.

ATHLETIC TRAINING

Athletic Trainers are health care professionals who collaborate with physicians to provide preventative services, emergency care, clinical diagnosis, therapeutic intervention and rehabilitation of injuries and medical conditions. Certified Athletic Trainers must earn a degree from an accredited athletic training curriculum. Accredited programs include formal instruction in areas such as injury/illness prevention, first aid and emergency care, assessment of injury/illness, human anatomy and physiology, therapeutic modalities, and nutrition.

The main Athletic Training Room is located in the Lynch Athletic Center adjacent to the Murphy Fitness Center. A second fully equipped Training Room, the Shindle Athletic Training Room, is located in the Pizzo Family Field House It is staffed by two full time New Jersey State Licensed and NATABOC certified athletic trainers. Injury evaluation, treatment and rehabilitation occur throughout the school day and during athletic practices and games.

HEALTH OFFICE INFORMATION

MEDICAL FORMS

A current physical exam is required for all students every 365 days, dated between February 1 – July 1, to be acceptable for enrollment in the school year that begins on July 1.

Delbarton uses Magnus Health, an electronic student health record solution, for online healthcare records. New parents will receive an email from Magnus Health in the spring, with instructions for setting up their account. It can also be accessed via the orange Magnus Health button on this page. The Pre-participation Physical Exam, Immunization record and Medication Request form must be filled out and uploaded along with the Vital Health Record and the other consents. All forms can be found on the Magnus Health website, or on the Health Services page. Proof of immunizations must be up to date. Incoming 7th graders must have one dose of MCV and the Tdap vaccine. If your son has received the COVID-19 vaccination, please upload a copy of the vaccination card to his Magnus account.

All students must complete this information, along with all financial obligations, before July 1 to receive their class schedules for the school year beginning July 1, and a Fast Pass link to order textbooks with free shipping.

Students trying out for a sport must also complete a Health History Update, if applicable and the consents for Concussion Policy, Steroid Test, Sudden Cardiac Death and Eye Injury.

SPECIAL MEDICAL NEEDS

FOOD ALLERGIES OR SPECIAL DIETARY CONDITIONS

If your son has life-threatening allergies, please upload a completed "Food (or other) Allergy Plan". Your son must ALWAYS carry both his Epipens/Auvi-Q at school, on field trips and at extracurricular events. Also alert any coach, chaperone, or team parent of your son’s food allergy. You may also keep an extra epipen in the nurse’s office. All AEDs in student buildings on campus have Epipens inside them.

We encourage all students with food allergies or special dietary needs to download the free Sage Dining Services app which offers weekly menus, ingredients and nutritional information. Contact Sage Dining Manager James DeSilvestri at sagedining@delbarton.org if your son has special dietary needs not currently met by Delbarton food service options. The Daily Menu is posted on our website in the Student Life section under SAGE Dining.

MEDICATIONS

An updated medication request form must be completed and uploaded to MAGNUS for each student every year to cover over-the-counter medications such as Advil and Tylenol. If your son takes daily medication, please provide the nurse with a sufficient supply. Students are not permitted to carry any medication during the school day unless it is for emergency purposes (such as an inhaler or an EpiPen).

ILLNESS POLICY

If your son has experienced vomiting, diarrhea, or a contagious illness and/or a fever over 100 degrees in the past 24 hours, or is coughing from a respiratory illness, or COVID-19, please keep him home from school for his protection as well as the other students. If your son is diagnosed with strep, mono, or has an undiagnosed skin rash, or itchy, red, weepy eyes, please keep him home until he has been on antibiotics or treatment for at least 24 hours. Absences must be reported to our Attendance Officer Ashley Lloyd at attendance@delbarton.org.

We require a doctor’s note to return after an absence of more than 3 days. For more information, download the Delbarton Illness Policy.

If your son does not feel well during the school day, he should inform his teacher and then visit the Health Office. If he goes home sick from school, a parent will be contacted and he must be dismissed by the nurse and placed on the attendance list.