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Home Immunizations Medications Health Screenings Helpful Downloads > breakfastfinal.mov > extras > more things > Search   Immunization Requirements for Middle School Basically this is what your child should have completed with their immunizations for middle school* (*each child's individual records may vary so check with your school nurse for exact requirements) DTap x 4-5 Hepatiis B x 3 MMR x 2-3 Polio 3-5 Varicella shot or proof of disease Menactra (will be due by the summer 09) TDAP (will be due by the summer 09) Recommended: Hepatitis A and HPV If you have signed an exemption form for immunizations for your child it must be up to date. New Arizona State requirements have made older exemption forms outdated.  Please check with your school nurse if she has not already notified you.   F.A.Q.'s 1.  My son/daughter received their immunizations today. Do you need any proof? Yes. Any time that your child receives any immunizations, the school nurse should always be provided proof.  Proof is a stamped or signed shot record from the doctor or facility administering the immunizations or a receipt from the doctor's office. 2.  My son/daughter is going to high school in August. Do I need to send them the shot records or do you? No. If your child is going to a Paradise Valley School District High School, your child's health file will be forwarded to the High School Nurse.  If your child is planning to attend a high school outside of our school district it is recommended that you give the next school a copy of your child's shot records since no records will be sent to them unless the new high school does a written request to our school. 3.  I got a letter from the school nurse today saying I had 3 weeks to get my child the TDAP but my Doctor says it's not due until they are in High School.  Can you tell me why you are telling me it's due? By following the Arizona State law, the school nurse must require each and every student to aquire their TDAP (or Tetanus booster, as most parents refer to it) 10 years after the students last DTap. Therefore, all the parent has to do is look at their child's shot records and determine when the last DTap was given and add 10 years on to this date and that is where the School Nurse gets the due date from. We do not go by grades in school for this shot.  PLEASE NOTE, this law will be changing soon and it WILL BE REQUIRED to receive the TDAP five years after the DTap.   "Disclaimer: You are about to leave MTMS web page and the Paradise Valley School District server.~ The PVUSD has no responsibility for the content beyond this point.~ The Internet is a highly volatile place and pages change suddenly and rapidly. Because we believe that everyone has the right to exercise personal freedoms, we make no attempt to control or even monitor another person's values or tastes.~ It is not unusual to find information or images that are objectionable.~ Proceed at your own risk." Top of Page