Student Health and Wellness

Student health is important to consider because it can literally be a question of life and death, if the situation is serious enough. Student files contain information regarding current health alerts, allergies, and processes for teachers to follow given the circumstances dictated by the students' health.

Due to the information that we have, we have made special considerations regarding trips. Students cannot have peanut products if they bring their own food. Particuarly at the middles school level, allergies to nuts are still very severe and reactions can have dire consequences. Given that we travel up to two hours one way for a trip, it would be terrible to have a situation arise and parents can't get to their child. We take these considerations quite seriously.

Students' mental health is also something that requires consideration by instructors when it comes to reaching each student. Students are often carrying a lot of stress, particularly as they get older, but even students as young as early elementary school have difficulty managing stress. In my class, it is important to keep the environment such that a student is not worried ab0ut being in class. I need to make sure that the students feel welcome and that they are part of the community.

Over the course of the Covid-19 pandemic, special considerations have been put in place to help combat new difficulties regarding student/public health. With this in mind, extentions have been offered to students who cannot attend school for health purposes.