Medication

If your child needs to take medication during the school day or has a serious allergy, please contact the school nurse.  Please keep the nurse informed of any changes in your child's health status and of prescription medication intended for long-term use.

Medication is administered only by the school nurse and is stored in a locked cabinet. For their own safety, students should neither transport medication to and from school nor keep medicine, except an inhaler, in their possession during the school day. 

Medication must be supplied to the school nurse in its appropriate dosage and in the original pharmacy container. A written order from the student's licensed health care provider and a consent form signed by the student's parent or guardian must be submitted to the school. This applies to daily medications, inhalers, Epi-Pens, and medications administered. 

Special Health Care Needs Forms 

Please download and print forms. Complete forms and return to school nurse.

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Allergies

Due to an increasing number of students in our school with food allergies, the Kilmer School asks for all families to avoid nut products in school . Students and families who bring any food to school should make every effort to avoid bringing nut products or products processed in factories that produce nut products to school. Foods processed in factories that produce nut products may contain trace amounts of nuts. If you send in products containing nuts please label the outside of the lunch bag "contains nut products".

For severely allergic children, even touching a trace amount of nuts can cause serious harm. For this reason, families should comply with the policy even if no one in their child's class has a nut allergy, because the classes use many of the same spaces throughout the day. Most products carry labels disclosing whether they contain nuts or have been processed in factories that produce nut products. Complying with the nut-free policy can save a child's life.