Health Procedures

IMMUNIZATIONS/HEALTH FORMS: All students must have a current physical exam, signed by a physician. You must also provide documentation of your child's current immunization status. These completed forms are required before your child may attend preschool. New forms must be completed for each new preschool year.

ILLNESS: Please keep your child home if he/she has any of the following symptoms:
-a fever in the last 24 hours –vomiting -ear aches
-any undiagnosed rash -chills -thick nasal discharge -sore throat -diarrhea -enlarged glands
-a contagious stage of any communicable disease

If your child is staying home ill, please notify the teacher. You will be contacted if your child becomes ill at school. If you can't be reached, the contact person on your child's emergency card will be called. Please have someone available to care for your child if he /she cannot remain at the school.

A notice will be posted if a child in your class has notified us of a contagious illness. Please contact the staff immediately if your child comes down with any of these illnesses: chicken pox, impetigo, lice, pink eye, ringworm, scabies, scarlet fever, or strep throat.

FIRST AID: Teachers and assistants will administer first aid when necessary. At least one person trained in CPR will be at the preschool anytime class is in session. An Accident Report form will be completed and a copy given to parents every time any first aid is administered.

ALLERGIES: Please indicate on the emergency form if your child has food, animal or other allergies. A pet may be part of our classroom from time to time. Children with life threatening allergies will need to have an Allergy Action Plan on file.

MEDICINE: The preschool staff will only administer medication when a Medication Permission Form has been completed by the child's physician and is on file at the preschool.

Emergency Procedures

MEDICAL: If your child has an injury or medical emergency, Christ Church Preschool will contact you or the person listed on the Emergency Card in your child's file. If no one can be reached and the child needs immediate attention, the staff will call 911. If hospitalization is advised your child will be taken to a local hospital. You will be asked to sign a permission slip authorizing the preschool staff to administer Syrup of Ipecac to your child if the Poison Control center deems it necessary.

WEATHER: Christ Church Preschool follows ISD #728 with regard to school delays, closings or early dismissals due to bad weather. If district schools are 2 hours late, the a.m. session of preschool will be canceled, the p.m. session will meet. If district schools are delayed only 1 hour, preschool classes will meet. ISD #728 school closings and delays are announced on WCCO Radio (830 on your AM dial).

FIRE AND TORNADO DRILLS: Fire drills are held monthly to familiarize children with procedures for getting out of the building quickly. Tornado drills are practiced once a month during tornado season: September, April, and May.

CHILD ABUSE REPORTING: Christ Church Preschool staff are classified as mandated reporters under the Minnesota Maltreatment of Minors Act. As mandated reporters the staff must comply with the following reporting requirements: When a mandated reporter knows or has reason to believe a child has been neglected or physically or sexually abused within the preceding three years, the reporter will immediately report the information to the local Welfare Agency, Police Department or County Sheriff. Suspected neglect or abuse within Christ Church Preschool must be reported to the agency licensing our facility which is the Department of Human Services. The telephone number is 651-296-3971.