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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.
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