Health Policies | Emergency Policy | Refund Policy | Potty Training Policy |

Thank you for keeping sick children at home.

When your child is sick, please keep him/her at home -- both to protect your child and the others in the room. If your child becomes ill at school, we will take them to the office and contact you to come pick them up. A sick child really wants to be home with Mom or Dad. If you are not home, then we'll begin calling the blue card emergency numbers.

Please keep at home the child who has:

• Current fever or an elevated temperature within the last 24 hours
• Diarrhea within the last 24 hours
• Vomiting -- 2 or more episodes within the last 24 hours
• Matted eyes / pink eye / conjunctivitis until after medically treated and symptoms disappear
• Untreated impetigo
• Difficult or rapid breathing or severe coughing which sounds croupy or whooping and causes the child to be unable to lie comfortably. A persistent cough can be contagious
• Sore throat, especially when there is fever or swelling
• Check persistent nasal drainage with your physician

A last concern is lice...it can happen in the nicest of families. Please let us know so that we can inform other parents and check children. Keep the child home until treated and all nits are removed.

Please call us when your child is going to be absent. Also, please notify us immediately if your child has a communicable disease so we can alert other parents of possible exposure.

Food & Allergies -- We are a Nut- & Nut-Butter Free Campus

Since we have children who have severe allergies, we ask that families DO NOT send classroom snacks or KDO lunches that contain peanut butter sandwiches, crackers or any products which contain nuts. We do not serve anything from the kitchen with nuts or peanuts or that is manufactured around nuts.

Medications

We do not dispense medications. With our limited hours we know that you can work out a medication schedule for before and after school hours.

Screenings

As a part of our health policy, we screen our four-year-olds for hearing problems. Anyone failing the screening is notified. Younger children are hard to screen, so if there are concerns, we recommend that they see their physician or the Health Department.

Health and Safety Procedures

Our staff continuously stress health and safety in the classroom. Hand washing is our most important line of defense against spreading disease, so we wash our hands A LOT!

I wash away germs to keep my hands clean
I wash the fronts and the backs and in between!

Tables are cleaned with bleach water solutions and disposable tissues are available for the children. In the rooms with the youngest children, manipulatives are routinely washed.

Doctors tell us that the best line of defense against contagion is hand washing! We do lots here. Teach your children to do the same at home to help prevent the spread of infection. Also, teach them to cover their mouths when sneezing or coughing. (The crook of the arm works best.) Thanks!!

Should a child become hurt at Shadow Rock we will:

1. Inform parents when they pick up the child if the accident is minor, as in a small cut or minor bumped head. First aid will be utilized and the child made comfortable. When appropriate, a child will be returned to the classroom. Otherwise parents will be notified to come get their child.
   
2. Call 911 if a child is severely hurt, or even if a suspicion exists that professional medical help is required. Examples are a seizure, broken bone, or deep wound. The second step is to follow their medical advice and third to alert parents. Children not injured will be moved away from the hurt child.
   
3. Call Poison Control if a child ingests something foreign, follow recommendations, call 911, then alert parents.

Medical Insurance

Should your child be hurt on our premises, we are covered for medical expenses.

First Aid & CPR

Staff members hold current cards for Children's First Aid and CPR.

Other Emergencies

Should an emergency require evacuation of the building for an extended time, the children will depart with their teachers through the Phoenix Preserve Access. This will take them between two of the houses just north of the preschool and on to Sweetwater Avenue.

Any unused tuition will be refunded on the basis of the number of class days remaining in the month if either of the Directors are notified two weeks in advance of a child's last day in school.

Through the upcoming months more and more of your children will be potty trained. It is an exciting time for them, as they feel so grown up. As a school we do have some issues you don’t experience at home. When you tell us your child is potty trained, this is what we expect: Your child will be in cloth underwear (not pull-ups) and have the ability to use the bathroom without assistance. The teachers do not have time throughout the morning to frequently ask the children if they need to use the potty. Should your child have an accident at school, she/he will be put in a diaper for the rest of the morning. From a health standpoint, we cannot have wet spots or worse on the carpet.

If your child is not completely trained she/he needs to wear a diaper to school. Your child will be checked by a teacher during the morning and changed if necessary. We have diapering areas approved by licensing where this is done.

We hope you understand our concerns. We want the very best environment for your children as they come and play with us this year.