Dear Parents/Guardians,

I want to extend a warm welcome to all students and their parents. I am looking forward to working with you and your children at Les Bois Junior High School. I would like to share the following important information with you and request your cooperation in providing the necessary documentation and communication regarding your child to ensure their health and safety.

HEALTH CONCERNS: Please inform your school nurse of any severe allergies, surgeries, accidents, or new health problems that may occur during the school year.

PHYSICAL EXAMS AND IMMUNIZATIONS: In accordance with the Boise School District Policy and Idaho State Law, documentation of immunizations is required for all 7th-grade students. Please submit immunizations to your student's school. Students who participate in school athletics and PE are required to have a physical in 7th and 9th grade. Updated physical exams and immunizations are state-mandated. Physicals are uploaded to Rank One by the Parent/Guardian. Do not submit the Original or copies to your school.

MEDICATIONS: NO child is to take or carry PRESCRIPTION OR OVER-THE-COUNTER MEDICATIONS to school, except for an Epi Pen or an inhaler. A physician's order and parent permission must accompany all medications to be given during the school day, including over-the-counter drugs. If a student must receive medications in school (including students in need of emergency medications such as Epi Pen, inhalers, Diastat), this form, along with the prescribed medication in its original container, must be brought to school by the parent/guardian.

ILLNESS/ABSENCES: Please contact the main office in the morning if your child is to be absent and inform them why he/she will not be attending. If your child has been ill, he/she should be free of a temperature for 24 hours before returning to school without the use of fever-reducing medication.

Please ensure that your student stays hydrated and alert during the school day by sending a water bottle and ensuring they are fed and ready for the day. Breakfast is also served at school, and snacks at break. Thank you in advance for your help in providing the healthiest and safest environment for all students.

Nurse Tuttle

• All incoming 7th grade students are required to have a school physical completed AFTER MAY 1st prior to entering 7th grade. This will count for PE and if your student chooses to participate in a school sport. If your student chooses to participate in school sports they will have to have another school physical again in 9th grade and their 11th grade year.