Emergency Information: If you or your children are new to the district, you will be asked to fill out a registration form with important contact and emergency information. If your child is a returning student, we will ask that you use the online registration system in Skyward Family Access to update your information, pay fees, and approve permission forms. Please be sure to include the emergency phone number(s) of a friend, relative, babysitter or other responsible adult who can be reached by phone in case your child becomes ill or there is some emergency. Also, families must be sure to list the name of their doctor. Please call your child’s school office if you need help with your Skyward Family Access login or password information. If there are any changes such as address, phone numbers, etc. during the school year, please be sure to call the school office with the new information so the appropriate changes can be made on the child’s form. This information is vital to allow us to act quickly and properly in case of illness or injury. If we are unable to contact either you or your emergency contact the necessary authorities will be called. 16

Medical Excuses Necessary: A student may be excused from physical education class and/or recess for one day with a note from the parent. After that, a doctor’s excuse (stating why and how long a student is to be excused) should be provided. The doctor should also provide the school with specific instructions regarding recess time. This must be on file in the office, and the information will also be given to the child’s classroom teacher.

We will honor, for one day only, parent requests to keep a child indoors after an illness. Requests for more than one day require a doctor’s note or a call to the school office to discuss the problem with the principal. Insurance: The School District of Black River Falls does carry insurance covering students’ accidents, which take place on the way to, from, or during school. If an accident occurs, insurance forms are available in the school office.

Health Screenings: To meet the education and health needs of students it is essential to secure information concerning their physical, mental, and emotional condition. Such information may be obtained through inquiries of parents/guardians and students, from observations and screenings by school personnel and through health examinations by physicians. Educational needs will include but are not limited to vision/hearing screenings as well as age-appropriate body development presentations as coordinated by the school nurse. (Board Policy 5310)

Medication

In accordance with the Board of Education Policy, the following regulations will be implemented in the administration of prescription and non-prescription medication to students:

Prescription Medication

1. In accordance with the Wisconsin Department of Instruction guidelines, the family MUST bring the medicine to the school office in the prescription bottle.

2. A written, dated, and signed form from the physician should be brought with any medicine we are to administer at school. The school district has pink forms that the doctor should fill out and the parent must sign. They are available in the school office.

Non-Prescription Medication

1. The family should bring the medicine in the original bottle with written directions regarding the administration of the medicine.

2. We utilize the same form for prescription and non-prescription medication. Please stop in anytime to pick up a pink parent authorization form. A doctor’s signature is not required.

3. Non-prescription medicine will be dispensed just as prescription medications are. Students should not store any medicine in their desks, backpacks, or classrooms.

Under no circumstances should any medication (prescription or non-prescription) be sent to school with a child or on the school bus. A family member/guardian should bring the medication to the office and complete the appropriate forms.

Illness/Emergencies at School

If a child should become seriously ill or injured while under the school’s supervision, the following steps will be immediately completed by school personnel:

1.) First aid will be rendered.

2.) The student’s family or guardian will be called.

3.) Transportation will be arranged for the ill or injured to a source of medical attention.

If a child meets with a minor accident or becomes too ill to continue in school, school personnel will: 1.) Render first aid.

2.) Telephone the family member. If unavailable, telephone the designated individual to care for the child until a family member can be contacted.

If your student is sent home with a fever, vomiting, or diarrhea, they must be symptom-free without the use of medication for 24 hours before returning to school.

Forrest Street Elementary

Forrest Street Elementary

Forrest Street Elementary