Health and Safety
Health Services
A Health Assistant staffs our Health office full time. We share a school Nurse with other buildings. Even when she is not at Sherman, the Nurse is on call as needed for emergencies. Students will be excluded from school if their temperature is high enough to prevent them from concentrating on school work. Please help us by providing the phone number of someone we can call to pick up your child on days he/she is ill. Parents please keep your child at home if the student has any of these symptoms:
- A body temperature of 100 degrees or higher
(Students must remain away from school for at least 24 hours after a fever is gone without using medicine that reduces fever such as acetaminophen of ibuprofen).
- Vomiting or diarrhea in the last 12 hours
- A severe headache or stomach-ache
- The first 24 hours after a strep infection is diagnosed by your physician and medication is prescribed
Immunization of Students
Please see District Policy information on our website ~ fortmorgank12.com
Medication Policy
Please see District Policy information on our website ~ fortmorgank12.com
Student Safety
Please talk to your child about safety precautions you want them to remember. You may want to remind them to:
- Never accept rides or gifts from strangers.
- Students do not walk or ride bikes to school unless accompanied by an adult.
- Always report to a teacher, parent, bus driver or police officer immediately any strangers seen hanging around the school, playgrounds, homes or other places children gather.
- Step back, yell, and run if someone who seems threatening approaches them.
- Seek help immediately.
- Obey traffic and safety regulations for both walking and bicycle riding.
- Use crosswalks!
- Safety on buses cannot be over emphasized. Rules are established by our transportation department and must be followed.
Safety Procedures
In an effort to maintain a safe environment for your child, we have instituted several rules which we would ask you to follow. We only want people in the school who have a legitimate reason to be in the building. We encourage parents to visit. All visitors will be checked in at the office where they will sign in and receive a visitor pass. Further, we will require you to sign your child out through the office if you are picking them up prior to dismissal. Once again, we want to make sure we send our students home only with the proper adults.
Emergencies and Drills
Sherman Early Childhood Center conducts monthly emergency drills. We will also have tornado drills in the fall and in the spring. In the event of an emergency warning (meaning the danger has actually begun, the tornado sighted, etc.) students will be taken to shelter in specified areas of the building. Please do not call the school or try to come after your children if/when you hear the alarm.
Parents – instruct your child in safety and emergency procedures. Remind and review these procedures periodically. Encourage your child to follow these rules, as they are made for his/her safety and protection.
Lost Children Procedure
LOST/MISSING CHILDREN FROM THE PREMISES
The plan of action includes the following:
- The staff member in charge of the missing child will immediately notify the office.
- Staff not supervising children will immediately do a quick check of the premises.
- The parents/guardians of the child will immediately be notified.
- Prompt action will be taken to notify the local authorities (police, etc.).
- The District Administration Office will be notified.
- The Department of Human Services will be notified.
LOST/MISSING CHILDREN WHILE ON A FIELDTRIP
The plan of action includes the following:
- The group leader will notify the supervisor in charge and a staff member not supervising children will be a quick check of the premises.
- The supervisor will immediately contact the local authorities (tour guides, security guards, etc.) to help locate the child.
- The supervisor will next confirm the safety of the rest of the children.
- The supervisor will notify the school so parents/guardians and the District Administration Office can be informed to the situation.