Health Services

For new students enrolling in kindergarten or grade 1. Please have your child’s health care provider complete this form and return it to your child’s assigned school building. Your child will not be cleared to attend school until this form has been signed and returned to the school on or before August 1.

Emergency Medical Information

Accidents can and do happen.  It is essential that we are able to contact a parent/guardian or a reliable adult in the event of an emergency.  Please complete the Annual update Online Registration; Emergency, Medical, Mental Health and Medication information.  If an emergency arises during school hours due to an illness or injury to a student, school personnel will attempt to notify the parent/guardian.  If unsuccessful, one of the other emergency contacts listed in Infinite Campus will be contacted.

During the school year, there may be changes in addresses and telephone numbers.  Updates to your contact information can be made by logging into the Infinite Campus Parent Portal.

Health Concerns

If your student has a health condition or a medical diagnosis, please provide the school nurse with the most up-to-date documentation from your student’s health care provider.  Mutual understanding about health concerns will help us to provide better care for your student while at school.  Please update your stuEmergency Medical Informationdent’s medical information at the start of every school year and as necessary when health status and diagnosis change.

School personnel will provide basic first aid and care for student injuries and illnesses that occur during the school day.  If an emergency arises during school hours due to an illness or injury, school personnel will attempt to notify the parent/guardian.  If unsuccessful, one of the other emergency contacts listed in Infinite Campus will be contacted.  Once the parent/guardian is notified, it is expected that your student will be picked up from school in a timely manner.  

Please ensure that your contact information is correct.  Updates to your contact information can be made by logging into the Infinite Campus Parent Portal.

Illness or injury

The school health clinic is available to students who may become ill or injured during the school day.  Ill or injured students should report to the school health clinic prior to contacting their parent/guardian.  

It is important to keep your student home from school if they have an elevated temperature above 100.0 or a contagious disease like chickenpox, flu, vomiting, diarrhea, cold and strep throat.  

Students who are present at school with signs or symptoms of illness may be sent home and must remain fever-free for 24 hours without the aid of medication and be free of vomiting or diarrhea symptoms for 24 hours before returning to school.  

All children with suspicious rashes may be excluded from school until the rash has been determined non-contagious by a health care professional.

Medications

Medication prescribed by a provider:  State of Ohio law and district policy require that students requiring administration of prescription medication during the school day must have a completed Request for Administration of Prescription Medication by School Personnel K-12 form on file in the school health clinic.  This form must be completed by the prescribing provider, signed by the parent/guardian and must be provided to the school health staff prior to administration of the medication to the student.  The form is located in the school health clinic and on the district website.

Additionally, the medication must be presented to school personnel by the parent/guardian in its original container with the pharmacy label.  The pharmacy label must include the student’s name, provider’s name, name of the medication, dosage to be given and time to be administered.  Any change from the original order must be provided in writing from the student’s prescribing provider.

FDA-approved non-prescription medication:  If non-prescription medications are required to be given at school, the parent/guardian must sign the non-prescription medication form for their student.  The medication must be in the original sealed container and accompanied by a completed non-prescription medication form with the student’s name, name of the medication, dosage to be given, time to be given, date to be started, and date to be discontinued.  The non-prescription medication form can be found in the school health clinic or on the district website.

All non-prescription medication (including cough drops) must be stored in the school clinic.  Dosages exceeding the manufacturer’s recommendations will require a medication authorization form completed by the treating health care provider.

Students are not permitted to transport medications to and from school.  All medications are to be delivered to school by the parent/guardian.  The parent/guardian must pick up any unused medications before the end of the school year or the medications will be discarded.