Emergency and Health Information Sheet
Please complete your child’s information card as soon as your receive it at the beginning of the school year and return it to the school immediately. We need a new form each year, even if nothing has changed. Please remember to update this information with changes throughout the year. New job? New cell? We need those updated numbers.
When completing the form, please know that health information contained on it is kept confidential. A copy of this form safely accompanies students on field trips, and every attempt is made to send a copy along with a student in the event of the need for medical transport while at school. What important contact and health information would you want health care providers to have about your child until that time that you can be there? Remember, in the event of an accident or illness, the school must be able to reach you, or another person you have designated on your form, to assume responsibility for your child.
Daily attendance is an important part of our role as the school nurse. Not only does it help us keep track of the health needs and issues in the school, it helps the school assure that your child has reached school safely. In accordance with district policy, a call must be made to, or an email sent to, the Safe Arrival Line message system each day that your child will not be in school. If you are aware of a known extended absence, perhaps for travel or medical reason, you may leave one message with inclusive dates and an expected return to school date. If the situation changes and your child’s absence will extend beyond that return date, another call to the Safe Arrival Line is needed. If you are emailing your child's teacher, please also cc the safe arrival email.
Food Allergen Guidelines
In order to protect the health and safety of our students with food allergies, we have designated allergen free grade levels for those grades that include students with potentially life threatening food allergies. If your child is in an allergen-free grade level, please refrain from sending your child into school with any snacks that may contain the allergen. They may bring the allergen containing foods for lunch, as we have designated allergen safe tables, but all food brought into the classrooms must be allergen-free. Parents/guardians are notified at the beginning of the school year if their child’s grade level has been designated as allergen free and what that allergen is. Tree nuts and peanuts are commonly involved. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me in the health office.
Maintaining Current Health Records
To best meet your child’s health needs and to keep their records in accordance with state regulations, please notify the nurse in the health office of any change in health status, medications, immunizations, medical regimes, etc., as they may occur. A hard copy (please keep your original for your files) of the administration of immunizations on your pediatrician's letterhead is required in order for immunizations to be officially registered as part your child's school health record.
