Riverside Christian School Handbook
VII. Health & Emergency
Accidents
Riverside Christian School attempts to prevent accidents from occurring; but if an accident does occur, appropriate first aid will be administered.
Personnel trained in first aid/CPR include, but are not limited
to, playground aides, administrators, physical education teachers,
coaches, some teachers, and office personnel.
Parents will be notified immediately in case of serious accidents.
It is of the utmost importance that we have current emergency information for each student on file in the school office. If parents cannot be reached, the person designated on the emergency card will be contacted.
If no one can be reached and if the child's condition is judged to warrant medical attention, administration will make the decision regarding the welfare of the child. Depending upon the circumstances, the child may be taken to the local emergency room.
Sickness
Students are not to be sent to school if they are experiencing signs of illness, such as fever, vomiting, and unusual pain. Please keep your student home if they have experienced any of the above symptoms within the last 12 hours. Should students become ill during the school day, parents will be contacted to pick them up immediately. Please be sure all contact telephone numbers are kept up to date in the main office in order to facilitate this process.
If a student comes to school, he/she should be well enough to participate in the total school program, including recess and physical education. Children not well enough to play outside with their class should be kept home. It will be assumed if a student is to be excused from physical education activities, the student should not participate in other physical activities during the school day, including recess.
Continuous requests for students to be excused from physical education classes or recess will require a doctor's statement.
Medications
No over-the-counter medications will be administered to students during the course of the school day, unless prescribed by a physician. Prescription medications and physician-prescribed, over-the-counter medications will be dispensed under the following conditions:
A written parent authorization for school assistance in administering medication to a student. Forms are available in the school office.
Written physician/dentist request and instructions for administering medication.
Medication to be administered by office personnel is to be in the original container and, in the case of pills, should be accompanied by a not stating how many are in the container. It must also be accompanied by the school's Medication Administration Permission form, signed and dated by a health care practitioner.
All medication must be delivered to office personnel by a parent or guardian. It is not to be sent on the school bus or with students.
It is the responsibility of the students to go to the office for medication.
Contagious Conditions
In order to protect the health of all students, those with the following conditions will be excluded from school:
-Scabies
-Impetigo
-Poison Oak or Ivy Measles
-Chicken Pox
-Ringworm
-Pink Eye
-Head Lice
Other communicable diseases will be addressed on an individual basis, as determined by the Yakima Health District. Yakima Health District directives will always be followed.
Safety Drills
Safety drills occur during the school year to practice for emergencies, including fire, earthquake, intrusion, and bomb threats as prescribed by Washington State law. WAC 180-41.035
All students are required to participate in drop and cover classroom drills. Evacuation is sometimes included in these drills. All evacuation drills for fire, earthquake, bomb threat, or any major disaster result in the children reporting to the same location until the danger is over. They proceed to the north field behind the portable classrooms, where they wait in designated areas.
All school officials, teachers, administrators, office personnel, maintenance personnel, aides and all others will stay with your children and care for them until they are picked up. As children are picked up by parents or guardians, some school employees will be released to leave the campus to be with their own children, who may be at other locations. Your children will be well supervised and injuries cared for in the best possible manner.
Lockdown
Lockdown procedures will occur if any situation arises which can be perceived as potentially dangerous to students, staff, faculty, and others on school premises. This type of situation might include a dangerous intruder on campus. When lockdown mode is instituted, all students and staff are secured, all doors are locked, shades and blinds are drawn, students drop and cover. No one is permitted to enter or exit classrooms or the building until the lockdown mode has been recalled. This can be instituted as a precautionary measure and does not necessarily indicate imminent danger.
Emergency Dismissal--Closure--Late Start
Should inclement weather necessitate a change in the normal school day schedule, information may be obtained through the following radio stations:
KIT 1280 AM (most reliable) 972-5481
KBBO 1390 AM 453-6530
KXDD 104.1 FM 248-8888
Stations will be notified by 6:00 a.m., should there be a closure or delay in opening school.
If there is a delay in the start time of school, please do not drop your child off until the delay start time. Staff will not be available to supervise students.
Should there be an emergency early closure of school, the above radio stations will be notified. The school will also attempt to contact every parent.