Students Receive Vision, Hearing Checks At AACPS This Month

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, MD — Anne Arundel County Department of Health vision and hearing technicians and school nurses conduct mandated vision and hearing screenings in public schools each year. 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.

Anne Arundel County 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 February:
February 3 Severna Park Elementary
February 4 Manor View Elementary, Oakwood Elementary
February 5 Ruth Parker Eason, Waugh Chapel Elementary
February 6 Marley Glen Special School, Nantucket Elementary
February 7 Brooklyn Park Middle
February 10 Millersville Elementary, Northeast High
February 11 Arnold Elementary, Four Seasons Elementary
February 12 South River High
February 13 Fort Smallwood Elementary, Tracey’s Elementary
February 14 Chesapeake Montessori School
Primrose School of Gambrills
February 19 Meade Middle
February 20 Seven Oaks Elementary
February 21 Magothy River Middle
February 24 Cape St. Claire Elementary
February 25 Central Middle
February 26 Chesapeake Bay Middle
February 27 Old Mill Middle North
February 28 Severn School Chesapeake Campus, The Key School