Health Office
The French Hill Health Office is staffed by a full-time nurse and is open and available to all students every day. Children visit the nurse when they are not feeling well or become injured in school. Some visit for medication (permitted only with written direction from health care provider and parent).
The Health Office also monitors students “health.” Many tests and assessments are done throughout the year. Among these are vision and hearing tests, height and weight measurements, head lice checks and physical assessments. By the end of the school year, every student has visited with the nurse at least once to monitor growth and development.
Special health needs should be communicated to the school nurse. This confidential information helps promote a successful school experience.
Current Emergency Numbers are kept on file by the Health Office and the Main Office. Parents provide this information by filling out two cards distributed at the beginning of the year (Health Emergency Information and District Emergency Information). Please keep this information current for the welfare of your child.
If in the event of a radiological emergency the State or County Department of Health recommends the distribution of KI (potassium iodide), your child will receive a dose of KI unless you have completed the refusal (opt-out) form and submitted it to the nurse. (Forms are available in the nurse’s office.)
French Hill has a full-time psychologist whose responsibilities include: crisis intervention, performing evaluations mandated by the Committee on Special Education, chairing the Instructional Support Team which provides ideas to teachers to help support children experiencing difficulty in the classroom, short-term individual counseling, kindergarten screening, and running programs such as social skills groups.
Social Worker Services
French Hill has a part-time social worker (shared with Brookside E.S.) whose responsibilities include: student counseling, social skills groups, Banana Splits (an optional support program for Grade One and Grade Two students whose parents are separated or divorced), consultation with staff, contact with parents and liaison with community agencies and professionals.