HEALTH SERVICES
The school offers the following health services:
- Basic First Aid - The school gives first aid for injuries occurring at school only. If care beyond immediate first aid is required, the parent is called.
- Teacher notification regarding students with special health problems that affect learning
- Height and Weight/Vision & Hearing Screening - Grades K, 2, 5
- Maturation Program - Girls, Grades 5
- Maturation Program – Boys, Grade 5
- Parent notification regarding communicable disease control, problems related to physical defects, and referral to community resources
- Doctor MUST sign administration of medication - District form.
Parent will be notified regarding required immunizations and physical examinations needed.
SAFETY AND SECURITY
Campus Security and Safety Policy
In order to provide a safe instructional environment, Edison School has a closed campus policy. This means that every person not enrolled in our school or not an employee of GUSD MUST register in the Front Office before going to any part of the school grounds for any reason.
Parents, volunteers, and other visitors, once registered, will be given a badge to wear that should be visible to everyone. Anyone without a badge will be directed immediately to the Office and or escorted off the campus.
Emergency Preparedness
The goal of the Edison Emergency Preparedness Plan is the protection of students and employees should a major emergency situation occur in the area. The plan identifies members of the school’s emergency teams and outlines responsibilities. The plan is updated and revised annually.
In the event of an actual emergency (earthquake, fire, police activity), parents are to follow these procedures:
1. Tune in to radio station KIEV, AM 870 for emergency information.
2. When phones are operating, DO NOT call the school. Our phone lines must be used for emergency purposes. GUSD will put on its 24-hour Emergency “HOT” line. The number is (818) 241-3111.
3. Be assured that school personnel will remain with your child until someone comes for him/her. State Education Code requires that all school employees must remain on duty until they are notified that they may leave.
4. Your child will only be released to those adults you designated on the emergency card. Please make sure your child’s emergency card is kept current at all times.
5. The school will be locked down. Parents and adults picking up students will be asked to come to the Kenilworth gate. You will sign out your child and they will be brought to you at the gate. Parents and adults will not be allowed onto the school campus.
Classes will participate in a series of earthquake/fire/lock-down drills during the school year. Teachers may receive a simulated disaster scene for their class to role-play. Parents may be asked to participate in the role-play. Full-scale disaster drills will occur two times during the school year. If you would like to participate in these drills, please contact the school office.
If you are on campus during an earthquake/fire/lock-down drill it is important that you also follow the procedures:
In the case of an earthquake (or earthquake drill):
You will hear an announcement on the intercom from the school office to “duck and cover.” Students should drop under their desks or tables, shield their eyes and hold onto a table leg if possible. All adults should also drop and cover. They must remain in this position until the quake has subsided or until an all clear command is given by the office. The loudspeaker may be damaged, so the teacher must determine when it is safe to evacuate the classroom. Everyone meets on the grass field in designated lines.
In the case of a fire (or fire drill):
You will hear a signal (repeating bells with flashing lights) initiated by the office. Students, teachers, visitors and any staff/personnel must evacuate the buildings quickly and quietly. Everyone meets on the upper playground in designated lines.
In the case of a need to lock down the campus (or a shelter in place drill):
Students are directed to go immediately to the closest classroom or open room. Teachers will lock their doors and keep all students inside until an all clear signal is given. Each classroom will be contacted to determine the location of all students and staff. If students must be dismissed during a lock-down procedure, parents or adults designated on the student’s emergency card, will go to the office to show proper identification, sing the student out and the student will be brought to the office. No parents or non-school personnel will be allowed on campus during a lock-down. Students will only be dismissed when given direction to do so be the administrators who will be working closely with the local police, fire and other city officials in order to secure student safety.
School Safety
We are deeply committed to maintaining a school that is safe and secure for your children. Considerable time, expertise, and funds have gone into strengthening safety and security measures on this campus and throughout the school district. Keeping our school safe is everyone’s responsibility. You are also an important part of our safety and security plan. Let’s continue to work together.
Bicycles/Skateboards/Scooters/Rollerblades
With parent permission, students in Grades 3-6 may only ride a bicycle to school. The student rides at his/her own risk. State law mandates that bike riders must wear a bicycle helmet. We highly encourage parents to familiarize their child with bicycle safety rules/laws. We also encourage parents to plan the safest route to and from school in order to avoid potential hazards. Each bike must be secured with a lock to the bicycle rack located inside the school campus near the Kenilworth gate. Students are to walk their bicycles at all times when they are on the school grounds.
Students may not bring skateboards, scooters and/or rollerblades to school, or ride them at any time on campus.
Rainy Day & Scorcher Day Procedures
Rainy Days:- On rainy days, students in grades 1-6 may wait inside the gymnasium until 8:00 AM (9:00 AM on Fridays). If it is raining very hard the teachers will pick them up from the gymnasium. Kindergarten students should be dropped off in the school office. They will be taken over to the classrooms and supervised until school begins. Recess will be held inside the classrooms. Lunch will either be held in the gymnasium or the students' classrooms.
- Students are dismissed from the Kenilworth gate on rainy days but are kept under the shelters in the picnic area. Parents are asked to stay back from this area on rainy days so that we can supervise all students in this area.
Scorcher Days: When the temperature on the playground gets above 90 degrees, the following procedures will be enforced.
- No playground balls or equipment is to be used on the playground.
- No running.
