Health Services

Corinth Elementary School: 

Corinth Elementary School is currently served by 2 nurses on campus. Our nurses provide care for students that have ongoing medical needs during the school day. They also assess and provide care for issues that arise during the day so that your student can return to class as quickly as possible. Our number one goal is to keep the students learning in the classroom. 
 
During the school year, the nurses also provide basic vision and health screenings, manage action plans for chronic issues such as asthma and allergies, and serve as first-line responders for any medical emergency that occurs on campus.

Corinth Middle School: 

Nurse Jenessa is responsible for providing care for diabetic students on campus, administering daily medication, educating students on health topics, and tending to any medical needs and emergencies for students and staff during the school day.

Corinth High School: 

Nurse Claire is responsible for administering medications, monitoring students for adverse reactions or side effects, dealing with any medical crises that occur, assisting in the management of diabetes and other chronic illnesses, and advocating for health care needs.

To contact our school nurses, please call the main office at the following numbers:

Corinth Elementary School: 662-286-5245

Corinth Middle School: 662-286-1261

Corinth High School: 662-286-1000

Back to School Plan PDF 

All students will be required to have immunizations and vaccinations as required by Mississippi state law. Students must turn in a certificate from a physician or the Alcorn County Health Department to be placed with their school records. All seventh-grade students are required to have a TDAP vaccination prior to enrollment. Any student who has not had proper immunization cannot be enrolled in any school in Mississippi. If your child does not have proper immunization, please contact the local Health Department or your child’s physician to receive the proper certificate to be placed in your child’s permanent record. This requirement must be met before a student can be officially enrolled in school.
 

School personnel may administer medication to students only if the following guidelines are met:

1. A signed permission to administer prescription medication form must be on file in the office. This form must be signed by the parent or legal guardian and then signed by the principal. A copy of the completed form will be given to the teacher.
2. The medication must be in the original container, with the information label displaying the name of the physician, drug dosage, and specific instruction for administering. (Medication in a nonprescription container will not be administered.)
3. The medication must have a current prescription label.
4. Medication prescribed and the container must match the form.
5. Medication can only be administered according to the instructions on the label.
6. Medication will be stored in a secure place.
7. Medication will be administered in the presence of another adult witness.
8. A log will be maintained giving the date and time the medication is administered and the amount given.
9. The log will be signed by both the teacher and adult witness.
10. Over the counter medications cannot be administered at school.

Asthma and/or anaphylaxis medications may be possessed and self-administered by a student, provided that such medication has been prescribed for the student as indicated by the prescription label and the self-administration is in compliance with the prescription or written instructions from the student’s physician or other licensed healthcare provider, and further provided that the student’s parent or guardian:

1. Provides written authorization for self-administration to the principal;
2. Provides a written statement from the student’s health care practitioner which states
   1. that the student has asthma or anaphylaxis and has been instructed in self-administration of
   2. asthma and/or anaphylaxis medications,
   3. the name and purpose of the medications,
   4. the prescribed dosage for the medications,
   5. the time or times at which, or the circumstances under which the medications are to be or may be administered, and
   6. the length of time for which the medications are prescribed; and
3. Provides a written statement acknowledging that the school district shall incur no liability and that the parent or guardian shall indemnify and hold harmless the school district and its employees against any claims relating to the self-administration of asthma and/or anaphylaxis medications. The permission for self-administration of asthma and/or anaphylaxis medications shall be effective for the school year in which it is granted, and shall be renewed each following school year in accordance with the above stated requirements

It is the policy of the Corinth School District to permit a school nurse or trained school employee to administer autoinjectable epinephrine to a student who the school nurse or trained school employee, in good faith, believes is having an anaphylactic reaction, whether or not the student has a prescription for epinephrine.

The Corinth School District is excited to partner with the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) to offer on-demand telehealth services at school. If your child becomes sick at school, the nurse will contact you to set up a free telehealth appointment with a UMMC provider. The parent is able to sign into the telehealth appointment and ask questions. The UMMC provider will examine the child using digital instruments such as an otoscope/stethoscope and will make recommendations for treatment.  The UMMC provider can also call in appropriate medications to your local pharmacy. Visit summaries will be sent to you electronically and can also be sent to your child's pediatrician if requested. There is no cost for this service and the visit will not be billed through the child's insurance.  

Timber Hills offers their services to students who are Medicaid recipients during school hours. Services include doctor’s visits, medication refill and help. Counselors are on campus regularly. If you are interested in these services, contact the school office.