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Edgemont School District Greenrtille School Seely Place School Scarsdale, NY 10583

I ennifer

Allen, Principal

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B

artlik,

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rincip al

Dear Parent(s)/G uard ian(s),

Welcome to Edgemont! We are thrilled that you are joining our community and we look fonryard to getting to know your children and you over the years to come! Attached you will find a packet of required medical forms to fill out as well as information about our Health Office practices and requirements. Please read everything thoroughly and contact our school nurses if you have any questions. We would like to stress a particularly important piece of information which is that students must be completelv up-to-date with all required immunizations prior to the first dav of school or thev will not be permitted to attend class. This packet contains a chart with all required immunizations; please consult with your pediatrician to confirm that all have been administered. We are all eager to meet all of our new students on the first day of school so we strongly encourage you to ensure that all of your child's immunizations are current so that he/she can get off to a great start! ln addition, all students must have a current medical exam completed within the first two weeks of school. We encouraqe vou to have this done prior to the start of school in order to ensure that there is no disruption to your child's school attendance.

We hope that your transition to Edgemont is a smooth one and wish you the best. Sincerely,

Jennifer Allen Greenville School Principal

Carol Bartlik Seely Place School Principal

Edgemont School District Greenville and Seely Place Elementary Schools New Student Welcome Packet Health Office Hello families, Welcome to Edgemont School District. We are very excited for you to join our community! Please read the following information to ensure that your child's transition willbe a smooth one.

within New York State, we ask that you submit a copy of your child's current Health Appraisal (physical exam) and immunizationrecord. This must be from within the last year. All immunizations must be up to date before the start of school. New York State requires all students to be immunized before they attend school. The only exceptions are students with medical or religious exemptions. Please note, if you are unable to provide this information, then your child will be excluded from school.

If you

are transferring to Edgemont from

students will need to have a completed Health Appraisal (physical York State physician within 2 weeks from the start of school. New by a exam) administered If you are out of the country, you will be granted a 30 day grace period from the start of school to complete this process.

All out of state incoming

A dental examination is required during the school year. o'Seely" school website. Look under o'departments" Forms are located on the "Greenville" and and then under "health office". You will need to print out "incoming student packet". You will only need to fill out the "Emergency Health Forms" if your child has a food or insect allergy.

Our school physician is Dr. Berman who is located at244 Westchester Ave., White Plains 914948-7016. Please call ow office for a list of other physicians in the area.

If you have any medical concerns or issues, please

speak with the Health Office before your

child starts school. We have attached a copy of our Health Office policy for your review.

Greenville Health Office phone rs914-472-7764. Seely Place Health Office phone is914-4728043. Our offrce hours are from 8:15am -3:45pm Monday through Friday. We can also be reached by email if there are any questions andlot concerns. Thank you very much.

Greenville School Nurses Diane Rakoff, RN drakoff@mail. edqemont. org Gail Krone, RN skrone@,mail.edsemont.org

Seely Place School Nurse

Emily Duncan, RN eduncan@mail. edgemont.org

Edgemont Union Free School District at Greenburgh Scarsdale, New York 10583

Elementarv School Health Office Policv Seely Place School 914-472'8043 Greenville Health Office 914-472-7764 Diane Rakoff, RN [email protected] Emily Duncan, RN Gail Krone, RN [email protected] [email protected]

ln order to best care for your children, we ask that you follow the reminders we have listed below:

1.

Please call or email the Health Offrce by 8:45 am if your child is going to be absent or late. If you know of any absence in advance, please notify the teacher and the Health

Office.

2.

Please have your child stay at home

if he/she is not feeling well. If he/she

goes to

school, hislher condition may worsen and hisArer illness may spread to others. A child may retum to school after all symptoms are gone and he/she is diarrhea/vomit/fever free for 24 hours. Please report to our office any confirmed diagnosis of any contagious illness such as strep throat, conjunctivitis, fifths disease, flu, etc.. Also please report any case of head lice.

3. Please keep all medical information

up to date.

4.

Physical exams (health appraisals) are required every year. All students must have a current health appraisal on file from a New York State physician. All immunizations that are required by New York State must be given prior to entrance to school.

5.

New York State has regulations for the administration of medication in school. The following steps should be taken if your child is in need of any medication, including over the counter medication during the school day. a. We must have on file a written request signed by you and your physician. b. A11 medication must be delivered to the Health Office by the parent. c. The medication must be in the original container, as it is received from the pharmacist. Over the counter medication must be in the original container and be labeled with the name of the child and the description of the dosage. d. The medication must be kept in the Health Office.

.

6. If a student needs to be excused from PE and/or recess, they must submit a note from their doctor explaining why and for how long.

7.

Vision and hearing tests are done throughout the school year. If you should notice a problem, please call us. Teachers will also bring any concems they have to our attention.

8.

Please remember to notify us when there is a change in your emergency or work

telephone numbers.

9.

Keep in close contact with the school if there are any significant changes in your home.

Thank you for your cooperation. Diane Rakoft RN and Gail Krone, Greenville School Nurses

RN

Emily Duncan, RN Seely Place Nurse

EDGEMONT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT

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PHYSICAT EXAMINATION

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