HEALTH ROOM. No employee shall be required to perform health room related duties on students except under the following conditions:
HEALTH ROOM a. XXX will maintain a health room open during normal business hours and accessible to all employees. Employees may use the health room to recuperate in the event of illness or injury, for breastfeeding, medication administration, stress relief, or other health needs. Except for medical needs, the health room shall not be used as a sleeping room.
HEALTH ROOM. Students who become ill or injured should check into the health room in the office. The health room at Fox is staffed daily by a health assistant with a nurse who supervises and is on campus one day a week. It is important for the school to be able to contact parents/guardians or a trusted friend/relative in case a student becomes ill or injured while at school. Students will not be allowed to leave school without the permission of one of these people. At the beginning of each year, families provide the school with accurate phone numbers for work, home and emergency contacts. If any of these numbers change, please notify the school office immediately. If a child needs medical attention and a parent/guardian or other emergency contact cannot be reached, school personnel will contact emergency medical services to transport the child by ambulance to the preferred hospital listed on the Student Health Inventory form. Minor injuries are usually followed up with a written note, sent home with the student, from the health assistant or building registered nurse. STUDENT DELIVERIES Deliveries to the school, such as mylar balloons or flowers can be a distraction to the learning climate. We discourage families from sending items like this to the school. Should a student receive a delivery that would be appropriate to take to the classroom, the student will be called at the next available scheduled break to come to the office to retrieve the item. Other items will be kept in the office until the end of the day. Health and Safety STUDENT BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS In order to support healthy habits at school per school district policy, students shall not bring cupcakes, cookies, or other sugary foods to celebrate student birthdays in the classroom. Parents are encouraged to find non-food celebration items if they wish to acknowledge a student’s birthday within the classroom setting. Suggestions include pencils, small erasers, or donating a book to the classroom in the student’s name.
HEALTH ROOM. A school nurse certified by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and assigned by the School District of Philadelphia is on duty at least three days a week during school hours. If an emergency occurs when the nurse is not in the building, the student should report to the Office of Life Office. The nurse administers programs mandated by the School Code of Pennsylvania. These include vision, growth and hearing screenings. Deficiencies are reported to the parents so that a physician can evaluate and prescribe treatment. The nurse monitors the resolution of health problems, immunization programs, and contagious disease exclusions. The school nurse should be notified of special health problems, which affect a student’s social or academic progress or limits a student’s physical activity in school. For students who require medication during the school day, the nurse must be informed. The nurse must be contacted to obtain the proper medical forms to be completed by your physician. The medication must be brought to school in a properly labeled pharmacy bottle. The medication is to be kept in the nurse’s office and administered by the nurse or designee. Ideally, medications should be administered before/after school, when possible. Please contact the school nurse if you have any questions regarding medication administration. Pennsylvania State Health Law requires a physical examination for all students entering 9th grade. This physical form is due by September of the freshman year. Times when the health room is available will be posted. If an emergency occurs when the nurse is not in the building, the student should report to the Student Life Office. Parental contact information should be kept up-to-date in case there is a need for emergency contact. Students are to update phone numbers and addresses in both the Office of Student Life and the Main Office. HOMEROOM PERIOD Prayers are said over the public address system immediately after the homeroom bell. The Pledge of Allegiance follows the prayer. Homeroom roll is then taken. All attendance is recorded in PowerSchool. Following prayers, students are expected to be seated in and quiet to allow all members of the homeroom and homeroom teacher as the daily announcements are read. No one may leave the room for any reason whatsoever until all announcements are concluded. Conversation may be permitted in the homeroom after all necessary business is concluded. Students may not leave the room without a hall pass. Two students m...
