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Meet our Health ClerkDenise Collard
Denise Collard

Denise Collard (known affectionately to our students as "Ms. Denise") is entering her 9th year as our Health Clerk here at Aspen Ridge. 

Ms. Denise was born and raised a Colorado native. She graduated from high school in Grand Junction, Colorado, and attended Fort Lewis College in beautiful Durango, Colorado. She received a BA in Humanities with a primary concentration in English and secondary concentrations in History and Sociology. She lives in Erie with her husband, Cory, and two boys, Alex and Owen. She loves spending time with her family and friends and feels truly blessed to have such amazing people in her life.

 

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School-Required Vaccines - CDPHE Policy for Pre-K and School (K-12)

     

Colorado law (Board of Health rule 6 CCR 1009-2) requires all students attending Colorado schools and licensed child cares to be vaccinated against certain diseases, unless an exemption is filed. The minimum number and spacing of doses is set forth in the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedules. Meeting the initial vaccine requirements does not excuse a student from meeting additional requirements. In addition to the vaccines required for school entry, there are several vaccines recommended by the ACIP that provide protection against other diseases. These include Meningococcal, Hepatitis A, Rotavirus, Human papillomavirus and Influenza.

 

Below are the vaccines required for students attending Colorado licensed child care and schools. More information is available here: Child Care | School



*Students 4-6 years of age are required to have their final doses of DTaP, IPV,MMR and Varicella prior to kindergarten entry.

**Students are required to have Tdap prior to entry into 6th grade. One dose of Tdap is required for 6th through 12th grade.

Hepatitis B
Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (DTap)*
Haemophilus influenzatype b (Hib)
Inactivated poliovirus (IPV)*
Pneumococcal conjugate (PCV13) or polysaccharide(PPSV23)
Measles, mumps, rubella (MMR)*
Varicella (chicken pox)*

Hepatitis B
Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (DTap)*
Inactivated poliovirus (IPV)*
Measles, mumps, rubella (MMR)*
Varicella (chicken pox)*
Tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis (Tdap)**

Tdap Vaccine

Students are required to have Tdap prior to entry into 6th grade. One dose of Tdap is required for 6th through 12th grade. 

If your student needs a vaccine exemption, please click here for more information.

Colorado law requires all students attending Colorado schools and licensed child cares to be vaccinated against certain diseases unless they have a certificate of medical or nonmedical exemption on file. You must file a certificate of exemption at each school or child care the student attends. To protect unvaccinated children, students with an exemption from one or more required vaccines may be kept out of a school or child care during a disease outbreak.

Medical Exemption
  • Students with a completed Certificate of medical exemption (signed by a medical doctor, doctor of osteopathic medicine, advanced practice nurse or delegated physician's assistant) need to submit this Certificate only once unless the student’s information or school changes.
  • You can submit a Certificate of medical exemption with CDPHE to include in the Colorado Immunization Information System (CIIS). Check with your student’s school, child care or college/university to find out if they want the printed copy of the Certificate of medical exemption or, if they can access the “submitted” document from CIIS.
  • Per Colorado Revised Statutes 25-4-2403(2.5), immunizing providers must submit medical exemption data to CIIS.
 

Non-Medical Exemption [IMPORTANT! PLEASE READ!]
As of 7/1/2021, the process of submitting a nonmedical exemption has changed. There will be two ways to submit a nonmedical exemption.

Be sure to check with your student’s school, child care or college/university to find out if they need a printed copy of the Certificate of nonmedical exemption or if you submit to CIIS, the school is able to access the Certificate of nonmedical exemption from CIIS.

  • Submit the Certificate of nonmedical exemption WITH a signature from an immunizing provider in Colorado who is a medical doctor, doctor of osteopathic medicine, advanced practice nurse or delegated physician’s assistant  OR
  • Submit the Certificate of nonmedical exemption received upon the completion of CDPHE’s Online Immunization Education Module. (See more info below.)
  • Parents of students in preschool or child care must submit nonmedical exemptions at 2, 4, 6, 12 and 18 months of age. These exemptions expire when the next vaccines are due or when the child enrolls in kindergarten.
  • Parents of students in grades K-12 claiming a nonmedical exemption must submit one annually. Nonmedical exemptions expire on June 30th each year. If you submit a Certificate of nonmedical exemption on or before June 30th, it will not be valid for the upcoming school year unless you submit the exemption during early registration.
  • Students in college/university claiming a nonmedical exemption must submit a Certificate of Nonmedical Exemption upon enrollment.

 Online Immunization Education Module

  • In order to successfully move through this Online Module and obtain the Certificate, you must review the “Technical Guidance and Troubleshooting Document”  
  • The Online Immunization Education Module is available 24 hours a day and seven days a week. It can take approximately 20 minutes to complete. 
  • At the completion of the module, you will be able to complete an electronic form to obtain a Certificate of nonmedical exemption. You can complete this form for more than one child without having to retake the course.
  • IMPORTANT: Certificates of Nonmedical Exemption expire each year on June 30th. If you submit a Certificate of nonmedical exemption on or before June 30th, it will not be valid for the upcoming school year unless you submit the Certificate during early registration.
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Healthy Water at Aspen Ridge
In June of 2022, Governor Polis signed into law Colorado House Bill 22-1358: Clean Water in Schools and Child Care Centers. This bill requires all licensed child care programs and public schools to test their drinking water for lead and take action when results show levels of lead at or above 5 parts per billion (ppb). The goal of this law is to lower children’s exposure to lead. To meet these requirements, Aspen Ridge Preparatory School has tested for lead at all water fixtures used for drinking and cooking.
 
Lead is a toxic metal that is especially harmful to young children. The degree of risk depends on the child’s total exposure to lead from all environmental sources – air, soil, dust, food, paint, consumer products, and water. Typically old or corroded lead plumbing or old brass fixtures can contribute to increased lead levels in drinking water. If you are concerned about your child’s exposure you can have their blood tested. Please contact your health provider to learn more about testing your child’s blood for lead. For more information please visit: https://cdphe.colorado.gov/lead-testing.
 
Schools/child care facilities that have lead results in drinking water above 5 parts per billion (ppb) must take action to reduce exposure to lead. When lead is found at or above 5 ppb, the fixture is shut off while a more long-term solution is underway. These solutions may include permanently removing the fixture from service, designating a fixture as “not for drinking”, replacing drinking water faucets or fountains, or installing filters. For the fixtures where lead is found below 5 ppb, we will follow routine practices to further lower potential exposure.
 
Aspen Ridge Prep School Results Summary:
  • 14 Fixtures were tested
  • 14 Fixtures had lead results that tested below 5 ppb - no further action is required
  • 0 Fixtures had lead results that tested at or above 5 ppb
 
You can view the detailed sample results and remediation plans at the following link: https://cdphe.colorado.gov/environment/lead-safety/test-and-fix-water-for-kids. Results may take up to 30 days to be posted on this webpage. Protecting the health and wellbeing of Colorado’s children is our top priority, and we will keep you updated during the process at Aspen Ridge Preparatory School. If you have questions or concerns about our facility and the actions we are taking, please contact Courtney Blazon at [email protected] .