Health Related Information

JRES has a designated school nurse through the Healthy Kids Clinic.  If an emergency arises at a time when the nurse is not in the school, other trained personnel will be on the site. A registered nurse is always on call for the school and can be reached. Many of our staff are trained by the WCPS District Nurse to dispense medication and accommodate the procedures in medical plans such as those for seizures, diabetes, and allergies.

School personnel are NOT permitted to dispense any medicine (including pain relievers) without a doctor’s note. Parents/guardians must register medications with the office to be dispensed to students.

Students must have a medication​ form filled out in order for a child to receive medication at school (includes both prescription and over the counter drugs). Any medication must be brought to the office by the parent or guardian in the original container. Students may​ not transport medicine to or from school. A parent or guardian will have to bring the medicine to school and sign it in properly and then pick it up from school when it is no longer needed. 

Health Plans are required for some students who have any regular medications kept here at school. Health Plans must be created and signed by a physician. Our school nurse and health aide will assist families with this paperwork. 

We have many students with food allergies​. For the safety of these students, we will only allow pre-packaged items, with the ingredients listed, to be brought into the school for the 3 school parties. After hour events or any event where parents are accompanying and monitoring their children will be the exception to this rule.  

So that every child may participate, we encourage birthday celebrations to be a non-food item.  This year we are encouraging our families to make a donation of a book to the class library or an item for recess. The birthday student will get to sign the book and a special label will be included in the inside cover to show it was donated in their honor.  

The safety of our students continues to be our number one priority.  Food allergies are on the rise and many of our JRES students are affected by a variety of allergies. We know that our JRES families are very respectful and will want to help us keep a safe learning environment for all students. An allergy awareness page is available on our school website with a variety of resources to help us all become more aware of the challenges facing our students with allergies and ways we can help as a school community.   

You may view the Allergy Awareness page HERE.