Health Center
Campus Health Center at The Colorado Springs School
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Lewis B. Maytag Dining Hall (Upper Level)
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8:15 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
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2025-2026 School Year
A Message from Dr. Melissa Hocate:
Dear CSS Families,
I wish you all a wonderful start to the new school year. It will be a joy to see students back on campus and our beautiful campus buzzing with energy as students and families re-established and made new connections with each other. Below are necessary medical forms for the academic year. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me:
Dr. Melissa Hocate, Health Coordinator
Email: melissahocate@css.org or Call: 719-434-3506
Medical and Health Information and Mandatory Forms:
To comply with State and local regulations, The Colorado Springs School must maintain each student's current health and immunization records. Forms and documents will be accepted in the Trianon Building Business Office.
School and sports physicals are required to be current for a 12-month period. Students must have a current physical exam form and an immunization certificate on file in the Infirmary. This is required before the first day of school each year to attend classes and participate in sports.
Forms may be submitted in person or by mail (Attn: Infirmary). Or email, Sent to: Campus Health Coordinator
Mandatory medical and health records can be found below. Using your login credentials, guardians are responsible for completing their child's medical paperwork. The following forms may require a physician’s signature and must be submitted to the Health Center before the school begins.
- Annual Physical Exam Form (K-12th Only) This form is good for 365 days from the date of the last physical.
- Annual Physical Exam Form (PreK Only) This form is good for 365 days from the date of the last physical.
- School Required Immunizations: Required immunizations for the school year are mandated by Colorado state law. Learn more here for information/resources, including Child Care Immunization Chart & Certificate of Immunizations: Read Here
- Colorado law requires students who attend a licensed childcare, preschool, or Head Start program to be vaccinated against many of the diseases vaccines can prevent. Your student must be vaccinated against: diphtheria, tetanus & pertussis (DTaP, DTP), polio (IPV), measles, mumps, rubella (MMR), hepatitis B (HepB) Haemophilus influenza type b (Hib), pneumococcal (PCV), varicella (chickenpox)
- Permission to Treat: Login in to your FACTS account, a completed form must be on record. (listed under Web Forms, then Over-the-Counter Medications Form). Certain over-the-counter medications can be offered to students to alleviate certain symptoms on and off campus if this form is completed.
Optional Medical Forms (as necessary):
- Diabetes Care Plan
- Asthma Care Plan
- Severe Allergy & EpiPen Care Plan
- Immunization Non-Medical Exemption Form
- Immunization Medical Exemption Form
On-Campus: Permission to Medicate Form
If your child needs physician-prescribed medication on campus, the Campus Health Coordinator can coordinate the administration of that medication during the school day. Please complete and submit this form:
Off-Campus: Permission to Medicate Form
When students are traveling on a school trip medications need to be dispensed under supervision age depending. A completed form must be submitted prior to trip based on the age of the child. This includes any Experiential Education trips (i.e. Fall Adventure or Colorado Expedition, Seminars, ECS, Fall Adventure or Colorado Expedition). The Campus Health Center will collect the medication prior to the trip. Please complete the applicable forms for the age of your student:
- Lower School / Middle School: Permission to Medicate (updated 2025)
- Upper School: Permission to Medicate (updated 2025)
Updating Student Medical Information
To update and submit the Student Medical forms, Care Plans, and/or Over-the-Counter Medications form on file, please contact the Infirmary at (719) 434-3506. Forms will be accepted after July 15th, either in-person or by mail (attn: Infirmary). Or via Email to Dr. Hocate
ATHLETICS: CHSAA - REQUIRED MEDICAL FORMS (UPPER SCHOOL ONLY)
CSS is a member of CHSAA (Colorado High School Activities Association), and as a member, requires page 4 of the PPE form (see below). While we can accept the complete CHSAA form as documentation of the required annual physical, the K-12 physical form (linked above) is preferred.
CSS will require the PPE Medical Eligibility Form (page 4 only):
Student Health Insurance
Parents without health insurance can obtain coverage for their student(s) here.
CSS Concussion Protocol
Please read our updated policy for guidelines and protocol here.
About the Health Center
