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We appreciate being notified by parents or
police of any incident which has alarmed a
child so that we can better deal with that
child. We do not make whole school P.A.
announcements because children vary in
how they respond to an alarm, and we
cannot be sensitive to individual needs
using group announcements. However, we
will notify parents when a situation requires
it and upon advice from the Area Director.
SCHOOL SAFETY PROCEDURES
ATTENDANCE PROCEDURES
Janet Johnstone School has a “safety
phone-in attendance policy”. Parents are
requested to phone the school prior to
8:15 am or 12:30 pm, at 777-8670 ext.1, if
your child is going to be absent or late.
Please notify the office, not the teacher,
of your child’s absence. If the school has
not received a telephone call from you
indicating that your child is absent, the
school will send an automated message
requesting that you contact the school. If
you have not returned the call within 10
minutes, the office will phone parents using
all available phone numbers. We depend
on you to phone us. The greater the
number of calls that we receive before the
start of school confirming absences, the
shorter the response time will be if we do
have an emergency and need to locate a
child.
STUDENT PICK UP (sign out)
Parents are asked to come to the office
when picking up their children during school
hours. Parents are asked to wait in the
office and their child will be called down to
meet you in the office. If a parent is
dropping off an item for his/her child, the
student will be called to the office to retrieve
the item. Please ensure you have signed
out your child in the book at the office. It is
important to account for all children at all
times. In case of an evacuation, or if a child
normally attends our lunchroom program
and leaves the school before lunch, we
need to know that this child is no longer at
school. Please notify your child’s teacher
by writing the early pick up time in the
agenda.
STUDENT ILLNESS/MEDICATION
If students become ill at school they can
rest in the nurse’s room for a brief time until
it is determined that they can return to
class. If the illness is of a more serious
nature, parents will be notified to pick up
their child. Parents will always be
contacted if the illness or injury is deemed
serious. The school should be made aware
of any medical problems so that we are
best able to assist a student in the event of
an emergency. Please keep us up to date
with your emergency phone contact
numbers and any new medical
conditions that arise after the start of the
year.
ADMINISTERING MEDICATION TO
STUDENTS
Please be aware that school personnel are
not authorized to dispense non-prescription
medication to students. Any request to
administer prescription medication at
school, must be accompanied by a medical
release form, available from the office,
signed by both a parent and the physician
who prescribed or approved this
medication.
All student medication must be picked up
from the school on the last day that
students attend in June.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS
Students are expected to dress for cold
weather on a daily basis. We make a
decision regarding indoor recess and lunch
prior to these times as weather often
changes during the day. Decisions to keep
children inside are based on the reported
wind chill factor from Environment Canada.
BLUE DAY signs are hung on the outside
doors to indicate that children are able to
enter the school as soon as they arrive to
keep out of the very cold or very wet
conditions. On Blue Days, students will stay
inside for lunch and recess as long as the
conditions remain severe.
Students who go home for lunch should not
return to the school prior to 12:15 pm. From
11:35 am to 12:15 pm lunchroom
supervisors are responsible only for students
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