Dear Parents/Guardians,
My name is Brittany Engel, and I am the Altoona School Districts registered nurse. I am very excited and honored to work with our Altoona school district families.
I am interested in any concerns you may have regarding your child. I am also interested in your input on how the school health program could improve. I look forward to health promotion projects and collaborating, identifying, and providing for the individual health needs of students.
My goal is to work with students, staff, parents, and the community so students can be healthy learners. Please contact me with any questions or concerns.
I can be contacted by telephone 1-715-514-3444, a note or letter in my mailbox, or by email: bengel@altoona.k12.wi.us
Asthma Action Plan
Emergency Asthma Action plan ensures that staff knows how to effectively assist your student in their time of need with an asthma attack. Please ensure that inhalers are labeled with correct prescription and that the physician has filled out this Asthma Action Plan.
PLEASE NOTE: These documents need to be updated on a yearly basis. All medications need to be picked up at the end of each year, or they will be taken to be disposed of, one week after school is let out for the year. Nurse Britt will communicate with you as a family to decipher pick up or disposal.
Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Emergency Care Plan
The F.A.R.E document will need to be completed for all and any allergic reactions that require an Epi-pen or Benadryl. If the allergen is a food related allergy, the Food Allergy Management Plan will also need to be completed, for our Nutritional Services Department.
PLEASE NOTE: These documents need to be updated on a yearly basis. All medications need to be picked up at the end of each year, or they will be taken to be disposed of, one week after school is let out for the year. Nurse Britt will communicate with you as a family to decipher pick up or disposal.
Food Allergy Plan
This food plan helps the nutritional services department determine how they can effectively ensure they have the right product and knowledge to help your student, with their allergy needs.
PLEASE NOTE: These documents need to be updated on a yearly basis. All medications need to be picked up at the end of each year, or they will be taken to be disposed of, one week after school is let out for the year. Nurse Britt will communicate with you as a family to decipher pick up or disposal.
Elementary/Intermediate School Non-Prescription Medication Form
This form should be used for over the counter medications and medications that do NOT require a physician signature. Such items are for example, Tylenol, Ibuprofen, Cough Medicine, Cough Drops, Tums, Lactaid, etc. This specific form is for students under the age of 12, due to specific regulations on Tylenol and Ibuprofen containers, children under 12 will need Children's Medications. Our school does have a small supply of children's medication, though we only stock chewable Children's Tylenol and chewable Children's Ibuprofen, we do not supply liquids--so if your student requires liquid medication, that will need to be supplied by your family. We also do not stock Cough Medicine, Tums, or Lactaid. We ask that all families supply their own medication, the supply at school is only in the event of a one time option. If your family supplies any medication, it must be kept in the original container, not expired, and labeled with your students name. All medications are required to be brought in by the family. Students are not allowed to travel on the bus with any sort of medications in their backpacks.
Middle School/High School Non-Prescription Medication Form
This form should be used for over the counter medications and medications that do NOT require a physician signature for a student over the age of 12 years old. The school does stock Ibuprofen and Tylenol. If there are other medications you would like your student to have, or specifically if you want to provide your own medication instead of what is stocked at school, that is perfectly acceptable, though we require you to please keep the medications in their original container due to expiration dates and ensuring that it is the correct medication. There is an option on the top if you would like to use the school supplied stock medications, so please mark which options you would like to utilize at school. Once again, we only stock Tylenol and Ibuprofen. Students are only allowed to have one or two tablets of these medications. If your student is allowed to have more then two tablets, you will need to have a doctors prescription, as the label does not indicate the use of more then two tablets. If your family supplies any medication, it must be kept in the original container, not expired, and labeled with your students name. All medications are required to be brought in by the family. Students are not allowed to travel on the bus with any sort of medications in their backpacks.
PLEASE NOTE: These documents need to be updated on a yearly basis. All medications need to be picked up at the end of each year, or they will be taken to be disposed of, one week after school is let out for the year. Nurse Britt will communicate with you as a family to decipher pick up or disposal.
Prescription Medication Form
This form is to be used for medications that REQUIRE a prescription from a physician to obtain to be administered at school. Please ensure that as a parent/guardian you are also signing the prescription medication form and the consent form attached. When updates are made to the students prescription medications, this form must be updated and resubmitted to the school district before your student will get the new dosage. This is to ensure that your student is having the proper medications administered at the right time and right dosage. All medications are required to be brought in by the family. Students are not allowed to travel on the bus with any sort of medications in their backpacks. All medications are required to be in their properly labeled prescription bottles.
PLEASE NOTE: These documents need to be updated on a yearly basis and whenever there are changes to the prescription. All medications need to be picked up at the end of each year, or they will be taken to be disposed of, one week after school is let out for the year. Nurse Britt will communicate with you as a family to decipher pick up or disposal.
Seizure Action Plan
This document is required when students have a seziure disorder, to ensure that the school has the correct information to ensure safety of your student if they were to experience a seizure during the school day. This document lays out information on what type of seizure disorder your student has been diagnosed with, what emergency medications your student has, which medical facility that you would like your student transitioned to during or after a seizure. We ask that all seizure emergency medications come in their original container with the proper label attached. If a student does experience a seizure and emergency medications are used, Altoona School District policy states that Emergency Medical Services (911) will be called.
PLEASE NOTE: These documents need to be updated on a yearly basis. All medications need to be picked up at the end of each year, or they will be taken to be disposed of, one week after school is let out for the year. Nurse Britt will communicate with you as a family to decipher pick up or disposal.
My school hours are 7:30 am to 3:30PM
Procedures related to absences due to illness:
All absences related to illnesses including fever above 100.4, vomiting, diarrhea, or COVID-19, are all considered excused-illness for attendance. We ask that if your student is ill, they stay home, until they are 24 hours since last episode (fever, vomiting, and diarrhea), without the use of medications, and that they are feeling better.
At any time if your student goes to the doctor for medical appointments including for any of the above listed symptoms, as well as strep throat, pink eye, medical appointments for the dentist, therapy appointments etc, we ask that your student brings a doctor's note back to school. When your student brings a doctor's note back, that will mark that absence as an excused-medical appointment. When having a doctor's appointment note, it will not go towards the 10 days of excused absences a year. If your student does not have a doctor's note for appointments it will be considered excused appointment, if your student don't have a doctor's note for illnesses, it will be considered an excused illness.
If the school sends your student home for fever (100.4), vomiting, diarrhea, or pink eye, this will be considered a no-count illness, and does not go towards the 10 excused absences a year, either.
Each student is allowed 10 days of excused absences, whether this be for illnesses or personal absence excuses per year, per state statute, Wis. State. sec. 118.15(3) exceptions to compulsory school attendance.
Please always call the absentee line for the school in which your student attends, and let them know why your student is going to be absent for the day.
Elementary School - 715-839-6095 option #4
Intermediate School - 715-839-6095 option #3
Middle School - 715-839-6095 option #2
High School - 715-839-6095 option #1
updated January 2024