Wellness/Illness Policies

Your child’s health and safety are important to us. We have established policies related to wellness and illness/injury that we want you to be aware of. Please carefully read the following information:

Wellness
A healthy child is more ready and able to learn than an unhealthy one. We ask for your assistance this year in helping your child to stay as healthy as possible. Please provide a nutritious breakfast for your child before he or she comes to school and when sending a lunch from home with your child, please put nutritious items into it.
We also need to inform you that in accordance with Utah County Health Regulations, you may not send homemade and/or home packaged items to be served or sold at school. This regulation applies to treats you may send for class parties, foods your children may sell for fundraisers, and all other foods in school (except, of course, those foods that you send with and for your own child). Please send only commercially prepared and packaged foods.

Injury/Illness
Meridian School recognizes its responsibility to provide a safe environment for students and staff, including the duty to provide appropriate medical assistance to students and staff who become injured or ill during the school day, or while participating in a school activity. Meridian will designate at least one first responder who will be trained in first aid and CPR (school nurse). This person will be notified immediately whenever a student or staff member becomes ill or injured at school.
In order to provide appropriate medical assistance to students and staff who become injured or ill during the school day, and to prevent the spread of disease, Meridian will adhere to these guidelines:

General Policy Guidelines

• Parents will be called when a student’s condition prevents participation in normal school activities.
• Students with temperatures of 100 degrees Fahrenheit (oral), vomiting, or diarrhea will be excluded from school, and may not participate in school activities until symptom-free without medication for 24 hours.
• Students with undiagnosed rash may be excluded from school.
• During school hours, students who are injured or taken ill are to be directed to the receptionist for treatment by the secretaries and school nurse as available. They will provide basic first-aid as appropriate, call parents to obtain permission to administer medications, and/or arrange for a student to be picked up and taken home.