Health Policies

For the protection of your child and others, please do not send your child to school with any of the following:

1. An upset stomach
2. Runny Nose
3. Sore Throat
4. Fever
5. Rash
6. Swollen Glands
7. Diarrhea
8. Earache
9. Persistent Cough


Each child has a permanent Health Record. On this card, pertinent information is recorded. Please keep the school notified of any health problems. All information is held confidential. Please feel free to contact the school to discuss any health problems or attendance concerns.

Illness or Injury
Prompt attention will be given to children who may become ill or injured at school. Student illness or accidents are always reported to the School Nurse or office immediately. Parents are to provide telephone numbers where they or other responsible adults can be reached in case of emergencies. In case of an extreme emergency, we will transport students to a hospital via ambulance service. Parents pay the cost of the ambulance.

Medicine
NO MEDICINE is dispensed to students by the classroom teachers or office personnel. This includes aspirin or any type of prescription. If medicine is to be given to a student on an extended basis, it will be administered by the school nurse after the proper forms are filled out by the attending doctor. These forms may be obtained from the school office.

Vision and Hearing Screening
Effective January 1, 2008, the Illinois School code was amended. PA 95-671 requires that a vision examination must be included as part of the health examination required within one year prior to entering kindergarten or the first grade, whichever grade the child first enters, of any public, private, or parochial elementary school.

The school nurse conducts a vision screening on children who are in Kindergarten, 2nd grade, new to the school district, and those enrolled in special education. The vision screening is not a substitute for a complete eye and vision examination by an eye doctor. Children are not required to undergo the school vision screening if an optometrist or ophthalmologist has completed and signed a report form indicating that an examination has been done within the last 12 months.

The nurse conducts a hearing screening on children who are in Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd and 3rd grades, all students entering the district, and those enrolled in special education services. Forms available for vision and hearing screenings are in the health office.