213Appendix C: Sample Parent Newsletter Article
SCHOOL POLICIES REGARDInG
HEALTH, SAFETY, AnD MEDICATIOnSWe take the health and safety of our students very seriously. This article
is intended to make you aware of our most important policies regarding
the health and safety of your child.
Medications
We know that many students take prescription medications. Students are
encouraged to take these medicines as prescribed while they are in school.
If a child is self-conscious about doing so, he or she is welcome to go to
the Health Clinic, Room 343, to take his or her medication there.
The school itself cannot give any medicine to any child, not even an
aspirin. Students should not share their own medications with other stu-
dents; to do so is potentially dangerous, for what works for one student
could be harmful to another.
Students who take prescribed medication for chronic conditions, such
as asthma, are advised to register with Ms. Flower in Room 343. If pos-
sible, they should bring in an extra prescription of their medicine. Ms.
Flower will keep this medicine in a secure place so that the student can
ask for it if he or she leaves prescribed medicine at home. (Since this is
a doctor’s prescription, it would be the doctor, not the school, dispensing
the medicine.)