For Parents -> Injury or Emergency

Injuries or Illness

If your child is ill or injured at home and will be absent, contact the school at (408) 252-4798 x6 to let us know. Absences are covered on the "How to ..." page.

If the child is ill or injured at school, the school will contact the parent, or if the parent is unavailable, the emergency contact person listed on the enrollment card. Please update these numbers if they change.

Students injured while at school are cared for in the following ways:

1. An injury may be inspected by the teacher, who may keep the student under observation in the classroom.
2. For a more serious injury, the child is sent to the office for first aid.
3. The home is routinely notified of a student receiving a blow to the head, whether it appears serious or not.
4. The parent will also be notified and asked to come for the child if the student exhibits any of the following: temperature, nausea or vomiting, evidence of a communicable disease, severe headache, spasm or convulsion, complaints from the child of feeling ill when the child was home the day before or felt ill before coming to school, or any severe accident, including a deep cut, possible fracture or dislocation, or any accident requiring immediate medical attention.

Transportation of the child is the responsibility of the parent.

A school nurse is on call during the school day, and the office staff is trained in first aid procedures.

Emergencies - Fire, Earthquake, Evacuation

In case of an emergency, please DO NOT call the school. We must keep our phone lines open for emergency communications. We are on an immediate telephone alert system with our district office. If phones are out of order, there is a backup radio system. Many staff members are CPR and/or First Aid certified. Student Emergency Cards will be used for identification for each child. If evacuation becomes necessary, the instructions on the Emergency Release Card will be followed. It is imperative that you always keep all information up to date on this card.

Parents should develop an evacuation plan with their children and be sure that children understand its detail. In case of an emergency, traffic conditions may prohibit the use of cars, so parents may need to park a distance away and walk to the school. A student release center will be set up on the blacktop. This is where parents will go to check out their child.

Both the district and the school have disaster plans in place. Fire, earthquake, and lock down drills are practiced regularly.