Notes from the nurse
Medication Administration Policy
If your child requires medication (including inhalers or non-prescription medication) during the school day, I will be happy to assist you by giving them safely and reliably.
Before any medication can be administered at school, the parent/guardian must complete the required form to be kept on file with the school nurse. Prescription medications to be given longer than 15 days will require a physician signature. Medication must be provided in the original container. Loose pills that come to school in a baggie will not be given. Please do not send medication (including cold remedies, cough drops, Tylenol, ect) to school for your child to take on their own. ASD policy prohibits students from carrying prescription medication to and from school. It must be transported by an adult. Medication forms must be renewed each year.
Students are not allowed to carry any medication on them at school, the exections being an inhaler, epinephrine auto-injector, or insulin when authorized by a physician to be carried at school and the appropriate paperwork is on file with the nurse.
Parents/guardians of a child with a known anaphylactic reaction to food, animal, bee/wasp sting, latex, or any other substance must have an Allergy/Action Plan, completed by the parent/guardian and physician, on file with the nurse. Teachers and staff will be informed of the names of students with anaphylaxis. Teachers are trained to use epinephrine auto-injectors and one will go with your child on all field trips. All students with asthma or anaphylaxis are allowed to carry their own inhalers and epinephrine auto-injectors with authorization from parent/guardian and physician. Please contact the school nurse for the appropriate paperwork.
Forms may be obtained from the ASD website: www.asdk12.org. At the home page, go to Forms & Publication, located on the left side of the screen then type “medication” in name block and download the appropriate form. Forms may also be obtained from me. I am located in the school office. If it’s easier, I can fax them to you as well.
Student illness or injury
Although we stress the importance of good attendance, a student who appears ill should remain at home. Please do not send sick students to school to be examined by the school nurse. This may unnecessarillly expose other to illness. A parent/guardian will be notified prior to a student being excused from school for illness or injury. Please be sure contact numbers remain updated throughout the school year. If you leave your child in the care of another adult temporarily, for vacation or other reasons, please send a written note to school with your child to reflect the temporary contact change.
P.E. Excuses
If a physical education excuse is needed for 1-3 days a parent/guardian may send a note to school with the student to be given to the school nurse so the alternative placement arrangements may be made and the PE teacher may be notified. If a student will need to be out of PE for more than three days, a written physician’s note is necessary. The note must indicate the reason and specify the length of the PE exclusion and include a return date.
PE and Protective Eyewear
Please not protective eyewear is required for gym hockey. Protective eyewear will be provided and a $5.00 fee assessed.
Tuberculin Testing
PPd tuberculin testing is required by Alaska State Law for all students in 7th grade and new to our district. This is an interdermal injection. Parents/guardians will be required to sign a permission slip for this TB test. Exemptions from testing is permitted if you provide results from a PPD skin test given within six months prior to the school entry or a physician states the testing would be injurious to your child’s health. A child who has had a BCG vaccination is not assured to have any safeguard against Tuberculosis; therefore, BCG is not an exemption from tuberclosis testing. There is no exemption from tuberculosis testing for religious or personal objection. If you wish, you may have your family physician administer the test and bring or fax the results to the school nurse.
Immunizations
Please note that Alaska State Law requires that students be appropriately immunized or have a physician-documented exclusion on file with the school district. This school has a strictly enforced “No Shots - No School” policy in accordance with state law. Please check with your child’s health care provider to ensure immunizations are up to date prior to the start of school and provide documentation of immunization updates to the school nurse.
If you have any questions or your child has any special health concerns, you may contact me at 742-4963. My office hours are 8:00am - 3:30pm, M-F. You may send me a fax at 742-4966. Please mark it “ATTN: Nurse”. You may also email me at:
I look forward to meeting you and your student, and helping them promote their health and wellness.
Wendy Williams
Steller Nurse