Student Health Services

Because we care about protecting students and their families from contagious diseases, we ask that you keep your student home when they are sick. Keeping ill students at home and encouraging frequent hand washing protects all. While we regret any inconvenience this may cause, following these guidelines will result in fewer absences and less illnesses overall.  

In order for us to continue to provide a safe learning and work environment for our students, staff and families, we want to remind you to:  

• Please keep an ill student home, or make arrangements with a caregiver, when signs or symptoms of illness are present.
• Students with symptoms of illness at school may place other students at risk of illness and will need to be picked up promptly.
• Please notify us if your student has a contagious illness. An exposure may be life‐threatening for others with fragile immune systems or certain medical conditions.
• Your student's health information will be treated confidentially.

We encourage you to seek medical advice if you have any questions about sending your student to school. If your student begins to show any of the signs of illnesses, it will be necessary for you to pick up your student.

If your student is experiencing symptoms of a respiratory virus please see additional resources HERE.

Please contact your school nurse if you have other questions or concerns. To contact your child's School RN, please click HERE.

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Medication should be given at school only when absolutely necessary. Under normal circumstances medication should be dispensed before and /or after school hours under the supervision of the parent or guardian. Medication is defined as any medication prescribed or non-prescribed; including over-the-counter items, vitamins, homeopathic, creams and/or oils. 

Whenever possible the parent/guardian and Licensed Health Care Provider (LHCP) are urged to design a schedule for giving medication outside of school hours. If a student has a valid health reason which makes medication administration during the hours when school is in session or the hours in which a student is under the supervision of school officials, the parent/guardian must follow Policy 3416 & 3416P. 

Before any medication can be administered to your student we must have the following in place:

• A completed Medication Authorization Order Form or a written Order signed by the LHCP, parent/guardian, and student (if applicable).
• A supply of the ordered medication. Medication must be in it's original and properly labeled container that includes the student name, medication name, medication dosage, and the time the medication is to be given. The medication label must match the Medication Authorization Order Form or the LHCP Order. 
• Medication orders are valid for the school year the are written, generally August until the last day of the school year (includes summer programs).
• Medication orders must be renewed at the beginning of every school year or with any medication changes.

Medication & Treatment Authorization Forms

• General Medication Authorization Form for all medications (includes prescribed and over the counter medications.
• Epinephrine & Antihistamine Authorization Form for Life Threatening Allergies.
• Gastrostomy Tube Treatment Authorization Form
• Diabetes Order Form for Injectable Insulin & Insulin Pumps.

If your child has a life threatening health condition such as a severe food allergy, bee sting allergy, asthma, diabetes, seizures or a cardiac condition, it is important that you communicate this vital information to school personnel as soon as possible.

Updates on your student's health conditions can be submitted via the Annual Health History Form or by contacting your child's school nurse. 

Washington State law helps your child’s school provide for the safety and health of children with life threatening conditions. A "life-threatening condition" is defined as a health condition that will put the child in danger of death during the school day if a medication or treatment order and a nursing plan are not in place. The following is a list of requirements that a child with a life-threatening health condition must have in place before they can attend school:                           

1. A completed Medication Authorization Order Form or a written Order signed by the LHCP, parent/guardian, and student (if applicable),

2. A supply of the required medication(s), and

3. A completed health/nursing care plan.

If the necessary medication, treatment orders and equipment are not provided, the chief administrator of the school is required to exclude the child until the orders, medications, and equipment have been provided. This requirement applies to all students with a life-threatening condition. Our exclusion procedures are in accordance with the rules (WACs) of the State Board of Education.

Required forms are available in the school office and on the Everett Public School District website.

If you have any questions, please contact your child’s school and ask for the school nurse.

Washington State law requires schools to conduct auditory and visual screenings of children yearly. Vision screening is completed for all students grades K-5 & 7 and hearing screening for all students grades Kindergarten-3, 5 & 7 annually. Hearing screenings are completed by the district's audiologist and vision screenings are completed by the district Registered school nurses. Parents/guardian are notified by mail if their student does not pass the screening(s). If your child is not scheduled to be screened this year, you may request a screening by contacting your child's school's health room at anytime throughout the school year. If for some reason you do not wish your student to be screened, please contact the health room.

Everett Public Schools is committed to providing safe, healthy learning and working environments. Between now and June 2026, the district is conducting state-required testing of drinking water outlets across our schools, in partnership with the Washington State Department of Health. 

This testing builds on the district's water testing work since 2016 and reflects increasingly protective standards for staff and students in schools. 

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