Health & Safety

 

Health and Safety
Immunization
Medication
Safety Drills
Family Health Tips

Health and Safety

There is no school nurse on staff, so the secretary acts in this capacity to the best of her ability.

Students are sent to the office where an area is designated for injured or sick students. The parents will be called to pick up their child if he/she has a fever or is ill. The student is not allowed to return to school until the next school day. Children should not return to school until they are fever free for 24 hours.

It is vital that all telephone numbers are current in case of notification. If a parent is not available, the person indicated on the emergency form will be called. Depending on the severity of the injury, emergency personnel may be contacted and the student taken to the hospital.

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Immunization

All students must have current immunization and have on file a current Kansas Certificate of Immunization (KCI) form. Non-compliance with immunization guidelines will result in exclusion from classes.

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Medication

Prescription and non-prescription medications sent to school must also be accompanied by the “Guidelines for Administration of Medication at School” form.* Annual renewal of this form is required. Please ask your physician to consider medication that can be given before and after school rather than in the middle of the day. All medications sent to school will be kept in a locked closet in the office.

Cough drops may be kept with students and need not be turned in to the office. A note should be written to the teacher when cough drops are sent to school.

*You can view/print the “Guidelines” form by clicking on the PDF button at left. When you’re finished viewing/printing it, click your browser’s “Back” button to return to this page. Since this document is in pdf format, you must have the Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer in order to view it. If you don’t already have this reader, you can download it for free from Adobe by clicking the Get Acrobat Reader icon at right. The Adobe site page will open in a new browser window, so when you’ve finished downloading the reader, just close that browser window to get back to this page.

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Safety Drills

Fire drills are held monthly. At the sound of the fire bell, students and teachers move quickly and quietly to their designated exit and assigned outside area.

Tornado drills are held at least three times each school year. At the sound of the tornado bell, students and teachers move quickly and quietly to the designated area in the main hallway. Students face and wall and sit with hands over their heads until the “All Clear” Signal is issued.

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Family Health Tips
 

Good health is important. With that in mind, parents are encouraged to use the following Tips for Families taken from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s web site when planning school lunches and family activities. This web site page is in PDF format, so again, you’ll need to have the Adobie Acrobat Reader installed on your computer in order to view it. If you don’t already have this reader, you can download it for free from Adobe by clicking on the Get Acrobat Reader icon above.

Eat Right

  1. Make half your grains whole. Choose whole-grain foods, such as whole-wheat bread, oatmeal, brown rice, and lowfat popcorn, more often.
  2. Vary your veggies. Go dark green and orange with your vegetables -- eat spinach, broccoli, carrots, and sweet potatoes.
  3. Focus on fruits. Eat them at meals, and at snack time, too. Choose fresh, frozen, canned, or dried, and go easy on the fruit juice.
  4. Get your calcium-rick foods. To build strong bones, serve lowfat and fat-free milk and other milk products several times a day.
  5. Go lean with protein. Eat lean or lowfat meat, chicken, turkey, and fish. Also, change your tune with more dry beans and peas. Add chick peas, nuts, or seeds to a salad; pinto beans to a burrito; or kidney beans to soup.
  6. Change your oil. We all need oil. Get yours from fish, nuts, and liquid oils such as corn, soybean, canola, and olive oil.
  7. Don’t sugarcoat it. Choose foods and beverages that do not have sugar and caloric sweeteners as one of the first ingredients. Added sugars contribute calories with few, if any, nutrients.

Exercise

  1. Set a good example. Be active and get your family to join you. Have fun together. Play with the kids or pets. Go for a walk, tumble in the leaves, or play catch.
  2. Take the President’s Challenge as a family. Track your individual physical activities together and earn awards for active lifestyles at www.presidentschallenge.org .
  3. Establish a routine. Set aside time each day as activity time -- walk, jog, skate, cycle, or swim. Adults need at least 30 minutes of physical activity most days of the week; children need 60 minutes every day or most days.
  4. Have an activity party. Make the next birthday party centered on physical activity. Try backyard Olympics or relay races. Have a bowling or skating party.
  5. Set up a home gym. Use household items, such as canned foodes, as weights. Stairs can substitute for stair machines.
  6. Move it! Instead of sitting through TV commercials, get up and move. When you talk on the phone, lift weights or walk around. Remember to limit TV watching and computer time.
  7. Give activity gifts. Give gifts that encourage physical activity -- active games or sporting equpment.
  8. HAVE FUN!

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