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We are able to offer only minimal first aid treatment (Band-Aids & ice packs only.) We attempt to contact the parent only if we consider an illness or an injury to be serious or contagious. If parents are going to be out of town, we would appreciate a note or phone call telling us who we can contact in case of an emergency.
Parent and Health Professional authorization forms are available below, and/or in the school office, and must be returned to the school office prior to school staff administering any medication to your child. Parents must bring all medication to the school office to be logged in. Medication is not to be sent with your child. 
 
If a student must receive any medication during the school day, the school district is required to have on file written authorization from both the child’s parent and health professional. We define medication as ALL drugs, whether prescription or over-the-counter. Requests for administration of oral medication are valid only for the medication and dates listed on the form and in no case shall the request exceed one school year. Students may bring cough drops to class for their own use only with a note from the parent to allow this. All medication must be provided in the original container. Prescription medication labels must include the student’s name, physician’s name, the drug name and dosage. The school district may discontinue the administration of the medication with advance written or oral notification.
The principal and nurse plan a program of first aid care for students. If your student is injured or too ill to remain at school, he or she will be sent home only after the school has contacted you or the emergency contact person on the enrollment form when you are unavailable. If no one is available, the student will remain at school. If immediate care is needed, school personnel will act as a substitute parent and obtain help.

Washington State law enacted June 13, 2002, provides for the safety and health of children during the school day. The law defines a life-threatening condition as “a health condition that will put the child in danger of death during the school day if a medication or treatment order and a nursing plan are not in place”. Children with life-threatening conditions such as severe bee sting or food allergies, severe asthma, unstable diabetes, severe seizures, etc., are now required to have a medication or treatment order and nursing plan in place before they start school. The medication or treatment order must be from the child’s licensed health care provider.
 
If a medication or treatment order is not provided, the chief administrator of the school is required to exclude the child until such order has been provided. This requirement applies to students with a life-threatening condition who are new to the district, and students who are already attending the school. Our exclusion procedures are in accordance with the rules (WACs) of the State Board of Education.

It is vital to your child’s safety during the school day that if your child has a life-threatening health condition that may require medical services to be performed at school, you immediately notify your school principal or school nurse. The necessary forms will be provided and a time will be arranged for you to meet with the school nurse. 
In order to protect children against certain vaccine-preventable diseases, Washington State Law (WAC 246-105) requires that all new students to the district have medically verified immunization records on file at the school they attend BEFORE OR ON THE FIRST DAY OF ATTENDANCE. Parents must complete and sign a state Certificate of Immunization Status. A parent who objects to immunizations for religious or philosophical reasons must sign a certificate of exemption which requires a signature by your healthcare provider. In the event of an outbreak of vaccine preventable disease for which your child is exempted, your child will be excluded from school for the duration of the outbreak. Physician documentation of measles disease will no longer fulfill the measles requirement.

Required immunizations per the Washington State Department of Health for the 2022-23 school year are:

HEPATITIS B......... 3 doses required for entrance into kindergarten through 12th grade

DTaP/Td/Tdap....... 5 doses required for entrance into kindergarten through 12th grade

Tdap ...................... 1 dose required for grades 6-12

POLIO (IPV/OPV).. 4 doses required for entrance into kindergarten through 12th grade

MMR....................... 2 doses required for entrance into kindergarten through 12th grade

VARICELLA........... 2 doses required for entrance into kindergarten through 12th grade. Further information on vaccination requirements is available from the school office or the Washington State Department of Health www.doh.wa.gov.

RCW 28A.230.070 provides that students shall receive AIDS education at least once each school year beginning no later than the fifth grade and each school district shall, at least one month before teaching AIDS prevention education in any classroom, provide opportunities for parents and guardians of students receiving AIDS prevention education to review the curricula and materials. These materials are available from the grade 5-12 science teachers or may be reviewed by contacting the principal.
Re:  Student Injuries and Insurance

        2024-2025 School Year

 Dear Parent/Legal Guardian:

 The safety of our students is of critical importance to all of us and we want to protect them from injury. Even so, accidents do happen (at school and elsewhere) and required medical care can be expensive. Please know that your school does not assume responsibility for such costs but does offer you access to several student accident insurance plans for voluntary purchase. Details can be found in the attached brochure/enrollment form.

 Options are available to cover your child 24/7, anywhere in the world or you can limit coverage to school-related injuries only. The plans do not restrict your choice of doctors or hospitals. However, you’ll also have access to an extensive network of providers with discounted fees. Seeking care through contracted providers may further reduce your out-of-pocket costs, particularly if your child needs surgery or hospitalization.

 Also offered is the pay-as-you-go Student Accident & Sickness Plan which covers sickness as well as injury, in and out of school. The Dental Accident plan can be of particular value with younger students as final treatment to injured teeth often needs to be deferred until after they mature.

 Common emergency benefits – Regardless of the benefit level selected, all of the accident medical plans and the Student Accident & Sickness Plan will cover eligible charges for Ambulance, Emergency Room and Emergency Room Physician at 100% of Usual, Customary and Reasonable charges (UCR) up to plan limits.

 Enhanced benefits for qualified concussions – If an insured student suffers a concussion while participating in any covered activity and is consequently removed from play from his/her interscholastic sport per the school’s formal concussion protocols, then any deductible or inside limit features of the plan are waived and eligible charges for the evaluation and treatment of the concussion are paid at 100% of UCR subject to remaining policy terms and conditions.

 Interscholastic Sports – Please know that all plans offered (other than the Dental Accident Plan) may be used to comply with applicable state and local insurance requirements for participation in interscholastic sports (coverage for high school tackle football is offered on a stand-alone basis).

 You are strongly encouraged to carefully review the information provided. If your child already has health coverage, the student insurance plans offered can also be used to expand your choice of providers and help cover the high deductibles and 30% to 40% cost sharing obligations imposed by many health plans today.

 To enroll, please visit www.myers-stevens.com; instructions for enrollment are available on the website.  While your child is eligible to enroll at any time, one-time-pay rates for the accident medical plans and Dental Accident Plan are the same regardless of enrollment date. As such, you are encouraged to consider enrollment now in order to include coverage for this summer and the full 2024-2025 School Year. Once processing is completed, an ID card verifying coverage will be mailed home to you.

  If you have any questions concerning the coverages available or need help with enrollment, please call Myers-Stevens & Toohey at (800) 827-4695. Bilingual representatives are available for parents who need assistance in Spanish.