11 HEALTH SERVICES Good health helps to ensure your child’s regular attendance and good performance at school. Please inform your child’s teacher of any physical condition that might affect his/her performance. Do not send your child to school if he/she is running a temperature or feeling very ill. If an injury occurs away from school, please have it treated before sending your child to school. We have a school nurse at Fruitland Primary School every day. The school health services include vision and hearing screening for all Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten, first grade children, new children to our county and children referred to the nurse by teachers or parents. If an abnormality in either of these areas is detected, parents are notified. In case of sudden illness or accidents at school, first aid is administered by the school nurse or other designated persons. Parents are called when the situation requires attention beyond the services provided by the school. If parents cannot be reached and emergency services are required, we will call 911 for assistance. To ensure all student health concerns are addressed promptly, make sure your contact information remains up to date, and be prepared to collect your student from the school building within one hour of being notified of the need for them to go home. MEDICATION All prescriptions and all non-prescription medications that are given during school hours require a physician’s medication form signed by a doctor. This includes cough drops, cough syrup, aspirin, etc. A responsible adult MUST bring all medication to school in the original container. Children are NOT to transport medications to or from school. Children are also not to keep medication in their possession during the school day. If you have any concern regarding this policy, please contact the school nurse. Please follow the school schedule of 8:45-4:15 when bringing medications to the nurse for your child. IMMUNIZATION/PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS All school requirements are listed in COMAR 10.06.04 and will be in effect at the start of the 2024-2025 school year. Students who do not have the required vaccinations on the first day of school must demonstrate proof of vaccination, positive titer results, or proof of a vaccination appointment that is scheduled within 20 calendar days from the date the student is temporarily admitted or retained. PERSONAL DATA/EMERGENCY INFORMATION FORMS New personal data/emergency information forms will be sent home with each child at the beginning of each school year. This form provides the emergency information that is essential for students. PLEASE COMPLETE ALL INFORMATION ON THE FRONT AND BACK OF THE FORM, AS WELL AS SIGN FOR EACH CHILD YOU HAVE IN OUR SCHOOL. All updates to our electronic student information must be accompanied by a new data form. No updates can be made without a signed and dated data form. For your child’s health and safety, it is CRITICAL that we have CURRENT emergency information, including parent’s home phone number, cell phone, work numbers, name and number of at least TWO other persons, if possible, who will take responsibility for your child if he/she should be injured or become ill at school when we are unable to reach you. Please be sure to ask these people if they are willing to assume this responsibility before you use their names. We also need to know of any changes
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