AACPS Students To Undergo Vision, Hearing Screenings In October

ANNAPOLIS, MD — Vision and hearing technicians, along with school nurses, will be conducting mandated vision and hearing screenings in schools across Anne Arundel County in October. The screenings are for children in preschool, kindergarten, first and eighth grade, and for students new to Anne Arundel County schools. Special education students receiving speech therapy may also be recommended for screening.

Department of Health vision and hearing technicians also administer vision and hearing screenings at private schools, nurseries and day care programs to ensure that the appropriate children are screened. Children who wear glasses should bring them to school on the day of the screening.

Students in the following schools and programs will be screened in October:

• October 1 Monarch Academy Glen Burnie
• October 2 Tyler Heights Elementary
• October 3 Shady Side Elementary
• October 4 Annapolis Elementary, St. Paul’s Lutheran School
• October 7 Glen Burnie Park Elementary
• October 8 Broadneck High, Glen Burnie High, St. Andrew’s Day School
• October 10 Bates Middle
• October 11 St. Martin in the Field Episcopal School
• October 14 MacArthur Middle
• October 16 Annapolis High
• October 17 South Gate Elementary
• October 18 Lothian Elementary
• October 21 Hilltop Elementary, Quarterfield Elementary
• October 22 North County High
• Overlook Elementary
• October 23 Belvedere Elementary
• October 24 Corkran Middle
• October 25 Indian Creek Lower School, Indian Creek Upper School
• October 28 Oak Hill Elementary
• October 29 Lake Shore Elementary, West Annapolis Elementary
• October 30 Marley Elementary