HEALTH CARE
Accidents and Illness
If a child has an accident or becomes ill at school, the parents will be notified to come and get the child. At the beginning of each school year, parents are asked to complete a form designating the person, doctor, or hospital to be called in case of an emergency and parents cannot be reached. Please notify the office of any changes in phone numbers and other information. Vomiting and/or 100 degree temperature will result in a student being sent home.
Communicable Diseases
Parents should always notify school personnel if their child has any communicable disease. For example: head lice, scabies, strep throat, chicken pox, scarlet fever.
Any student positive for lice or nits will need rechecked by a Howland School Nurse for re-admittance to school. Once readmitted, the student will be rechecked at lease once a week until there is no evidence of lice or nits for three consecutive weeks. The student may be rechecked more often if signs of possible infestation return. The student be will checked randomly thereafter.
Medication
When possible, all medication should be given by the parent at home. If this is not possible, medication may be administered by the principal or his designee (e.g., school nurse or other responsible Board authorized person) in accordance with the following: All medication, prescription and over-the-counter, must be accompanied by a blue form which has been completed by the parent and physician requesting that the medication be given. All medication must be received in the original container which is labeled with the student's name, name of medication, and the proper dosage. The school nurse is the preferred one to administer the medication. Medication is to be brought to the clinic by the parent. Failure to follow this procedure will result in school personnel being unable to administer the child's medication.
Recess
Students will go outside for recess when the weather permits and temperature is no lower than 20 degrees. If it is warmer than 20 degrees, the students will go out for a shorter period of time than the entire recess and spend the remainder of the time in indoor recess. All students are expected to go outside for recess. Students not permitted to go outside must have a note from their parent explaining why they cannot go out, if excessive, a doctor's note is required. Proper clothing should be word for weather conditions.
All students are provided busing by the Howland Schools. Students who walk to school or are driven by auto should not enter the school grounds until 9:10 a.m. This will prevent the possibility of the child standing outside in bad weather for long periods of time or of being injured, etc. We do not provide supervision before 9:10 a.m.