Families have fundamental rights under Florida's Parent's Bill of Rights, to make informed, individualized, and specific consent decisions that best support both your child and your parenting decisions. Please be advised that by providing consent to healthcare or other services you are not waiving your rights to access any records that Athenian Academy of Technology and the Arts may possess regarding your child. Athenian Academy protects parental rights by abiding by and enforcing Section 1002.22, Florida Statutes, as well as the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) with regards to a student's records. Please be advised that to the extent that your child is educated through the utilization of an individualized education plan (IEP) or Section 504 Plan, then the specific written consent(s) you have provided during the IEP or Section 504 planning, or evaluation process will take precedence. If you are not in agreement with the consents and/or services or evaluations provided to your child under their IEP or Section 504 planning or evaluation process, please contact us to schedule a team meeting to discuss the rights afforded to you under the IDEA and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

To learn more about the healthcare and other services that are available to your child, and to make your informed decision as to whether you will be opting out to the provision of these services, please take a moment to carefully read the information below.

 

Every student is provided the opportunity to participate in the School Health Service Program provided by Health Staff in collaboration with Florida Department of Health in Pasco. As required in Section 381.0056, Florida Statues, the School Health Plan is to enrich learning by promoting your student's health and wellness.

 

State Mandated Health Screenings

Vision: Kindergarten, 1st, and 6th Grade

Hearing: Kindergarten, 1st, and 6th Grade

Height and Weight (BMI): 1st, 3rd, and 6th Grade

Scoliosis: 6th Grade

 

*Additional grades or individual students may be screened based on need.

All students new to the state of Florida grade K-5 will be screened for vision and hearing.

 

All Health Services:

 

1. Care and treatment for illness and/or injury.

2. Vision screening

3. Hearing screening

4. Height and weight (BMI) screening

5. Scoliosis screening

 

Consent will remain in effect for one school year or parent/guardian rescinds consent for school health services.

 

A separate parent/guardian authorization will be required for the school's clinic staff or school's staff to administer daily or as- needed prescribed or over-the-counter medications, conduct medical procedures, or provide medical treatment. When necessary, emergency health services such as emergency first aid, or cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) will be performed until Emergency Medical Services arrive on campus.

Human Growth and Development Curriculum 6th, 7th & 8th Grade

 

It is the right of the parent and/or guardian to request to exempt their student from reproductive health & disease education. Students will receive this curriculum in 6th grade science, 7th grade science and 8th grade science.

Athenian Academy of Technology and the Arts strives to celebrate the accomplishments of its students by sharing information with the community. To do this, we may submit press releases to local media (newspapers, radio, television, online news blogs) that include student names, student work. student photographs, and video and/or voice recordings.

 

In addition. we may choose to publish and/or display this information in school sponsored publications, at various school or public functions, on our school news show, website(s) and various social media channels, or in the school yearbook. While the intent of this practice is to be informative and celebratory. we recognize that concerns may arise regarding a student's right to privacy.