Washington Mercer Island, Washington | School: Lakeridge Elementary (K-5) | School District: Mercer Island School District | | What’s great about the school? | * Principal has a daughter with peanut allergy
* Peanut/Tree Nut free classrooms with signs posted
* Teachers work with parents on the best way to handle food allergies for their child
* Teachers distribute a list of allergic free snacks that the parent of the allergic child approves at the beginning of the year.
* Parent of the allergic child is able to work on any food related party or activities.
* Staff is trained yearly on how to identify an anaphylactic reaction and procedure for administrating EpiPen.
* Parents fill out yearly paperwork that is turned into the school nurse and distributed to staff.
* Children are able to carry EpiPens in backpack or on themselves (field trips, etc.)
* Peanut Free table in lunch room.
* No peanuts/tree nuts are served with the school lunches
| | | | Snohomish, Washington | School: Little Cedars Elementary (K - 6) | School District: Snohomish School District | | What’s great about the school? | The nurse meets at the beginning of the year, before school starts to discuss child's health care plan for the school year, usually at the end of August
A letter goes home with all the students at the beginning of the year to make sure all the parents know there is a highly allergic child to peanuts and therefore to avoid sending snacks containing nuts or peanuts. Childs privacy is protected in the letter (no name/gender). The nurse talks about HIPAA with the teachers and at any time there is no name involved in any of the discussions, emails or letters to the other parents.
In the classroom where there is a child with allergy to nuts there is a visible peanut/nut free sign at the entrance
For birthdays the teacher stores a home prepared bag of treats - a note is sent home when the stack is becoming low
The teacher makes sure for any gatherings or celebrations a reminder note goes to parents to avoid any nuts/peanuts snacks or treats
No snacks with peanuts or nuts are being allowed in the classroom
After lunch all the children have to wash their hands before touching anything in the class
Special arrangements are made for lunch time- such as eating in a different room with a friend who does not have any peanuts/nuts for lunch to avoid any peanut contact
The teacher checks with parents before serving any sweets in the classroom
Peanut/nut free table in the cafeteria
The care plan has a detailed list of signs and symptoms the child may have if a reaction occurs, and the teacher is informed at the beginning of the year about it
In child's care plan also there are detailed instructions on how to inject EpiPen with a picture where to inject
For field trips the nurse always contacts the parent of the allergic child to agree how to proceed with the medications (EpiPen with child or with teacher)
At the end of the year the nurse sends home with students the form for "Medications at school" for the doctor to complete for the next year - the parents bring the form before school starts, at the end of August when a meeting with the nurse occurs
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