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ACCIDENTS, INJURIES AND FIRST AIDE Several staff members have been trained in First Aid and First Aid kits are located in the Senior School office. Leena Raassina is responsible for First Aid at City Campus when the Nurse is not present. Whenever a student is injured at school or requires first aid, the student will be given immediate attention. Every effort will be made to contact the parents, either at home or at work. If necessary, Falck (the Danish emergency service) or the local ambulance service will be contacted to take the student to the casualty ward at the local hospital. The school nurse or a staff member will accompany the student and stay with them until a parent or relative arrives. It is important that all families provide the school with emergency contact details, including mobile phone numbers, for use in the case of accident or injury. ACCIDENT INSURANCE In Denmark the general rule is that children are covered by their family insurance. A standard Danish insurance will cover children at least until they turn 19. It is therefore the responsibility of the parents to ensure that their children are sufficiently covered while they are in school or on school trips. Students are only covered by the school’s insurance – on campus or on school trips anywhere in the world – in case of serious accidents leading to disability (fully or partially) where compensation of up to DKK 265,000 will be paid out and a sum of up to DKK 5,000 for dental injuries other than from chewing. Students are otherwise covered by the yellow CPR card, which they receive when the family has registered with the local Danish authorities (kommune). The card also functions as an insurance card when it becomes necessary to see a doctor or go to hospital. The card is only valid within the EU. A number of countries outside the EU, for example Norway, Switzerland, and the small countries of Europe such as Andorra, Liechtenstein, Monaco, San Marino and The Vatican State also honor the card. Transport home due to illness or an accident is not covered except in the Nordic countries. Please note the refund will cover the additional cost incurred due to the illness/accident. Parents therefore have to ensure that they have insurance that covers transport home for their children. Children of parents with diplomatic status are not eligible for a yellow CPR card. If they are from EU countries they can obtain an EU health insurance card from their respective Danish kommune provided they submit a form brought from their home country. This card must be renewed annually. In line with the above, parents must ensure that they have insurance that covers transport home. The yellow card does not cover travel outside Europe and students must be covered separately. Students who spend a period on a practicum assignment at a business are covered by the school’s thirdparty insurance during the assignment. The school has an agreement with Falck to ensure transport to the hospital in case of emergencies or accidents. ALUMNI ASSOCIATION CIS has an active and growing Alumni network. We encourage all CIS graduates to join our Alumni Association. Please email Suzanne O’Reilly (sor@cis.dk) for details. CIS Senior School Parent/Student Handbook 8
ATTENDANCE POLICY At CIS we believe that learning is a social activity. When students are not in attendance they are not just missing information, they are failing to participate in the learning process. Many learning strategies are collaborative, aimed at building collective understanding through the participation of all class members. These strategies cannot be replicated outside the classroom nor repeated for absent students. Student absences also result in teachers having to re-teach material, and potentially disrupt the learning of others. Graduation from CIS is based on a credit system. If a student is frequently absent from a class, then they cannot be said to have completed that class and will not be granted credit. In order for a student to receive credit for a class, they may miss that class no more than 8 times each semester. If more than 8 classes are missed, the student will still receive a grade, but no credit will be awarded towards the CIS High School Diploma. As our program is academically challenging, a student may lose their place in a class if regular absences mean that they can no longer be successful. The allowance of 8 absences is designed to cover short-term illnesses and necessary time off for medical, personal and family reasons, as well as participation in school extra-curricular activities. Parents should take this absence limit into account when considering whether to take students on extended trips. It is expected that parents will monitor their child’s attendance through Veracross. A letter will be sent home once the student has missed 4 classes in any subject. If a student should miss more than 8 classes, Dr. Engelberg will notify the student and parents of loss of credit. Procedure for notification of Absences If a student is going to be absent, parents should contact the Senior School Office by phone or email, stating a reason for the absence. The absence will then be marked as ‘excused’. (All absences – excused or not – count towards the 8 absence limit). Planned absences should be discussed with Dr. Engelberg (KarstenEngelberg@cis.dk) before arrangements are made, in order to ensure that the student is not in danger of going over the absence limit. A ‘Planned Absence Form’ for all trips, both school and personal, should then be submitted. This form must be signed by all teachers, ensuring that discussion has taken place regarding work that will be missed. Making up missed work For absences which are excused, students will be given the opportunity to make up missed daily work during a period of time agreed by the teacher. For long-term assignments, the teacher has the right to adhere to a given deadline. For an extension of a long-term deadline, the teacher must be contacted before the due date. For absences that are unexcused, students will not necessarily be given the opportunity to make up missed work, or may not have the grade for that work count towards their semester grade. Tardiness Students are expected to arrive in school on time each morning. They are also expected to arrive on time to all classes. Neither the teacher nor the other students need to accept interruptions due to students arriving late. Students who arrive more than ten minutes late to class will have an absence recorded. This absence will count towards the absence limit for that class. Requests for a waiver If absences have been caused by extenuating circumstances such as extended illness or a family emergency, parents should write a letter, addressed to Dr. Engelberg, requesting a waiver to the 8 absence limit. Proper documentation such as a doctor’s certificate will be required, and waiver requests will be considered on a case-to-case basis. CIS Senior School Parent/Student Handbook 9
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