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Leslie Greenwood, R.N.

I will be instructing the seventh grade students in human sexuality during the month of April and May. Instruction will take place through their science class and notification through Skyward will be sent to parents of those students involved. This curriculum is a State mandate, but allows you to sign a paper if you wish to opt your student out of this instruction. This paper will be available on Skyward. I will have the complete program available for review in the library if you wish to view it. It is not available for checkout.

Students who will need any immunizations for the next school year according to the State of Kansas will receive notification through the mail and will be required to have written proof of this immunization by the first day of the next school year. All students in seventh through tenth grades will require a Tdap shot if there is no history of receiving this shot. Two doses of the Varicella (Chicken Pox) shot will be required for those students entering seventh and eighth grade. If your student has had the Chicken Pox disease, they are exempt from this shot requirement and I require a note from the doctor stating the student has had this disease.

Summer is a great time to get these shots as students are getting their sports physicals for the upcoming school year activities and requires no time away from school. If your student does not have this immunization by October 1, 2012 they will be excluded from attending school until this is taken care of.

Please call if you have any questions!

Medication Policy - Medication Administration Record
Medication Policy - Diabetic Flow Sheet
Permission For Self Administering of Medication

Food Allergy Form

You must fill out a new form EACH school year if your child requires substitutions to his/her school lunches due to allergies or intolerances. The form must be signed by a recognized medical authority to be accepted. Return to your school office or send to:

Goddard Public Schools
Attn: Nutrition Services
201 S. Main
PO Box 249
Goddard, KS 67052
Click the logo above to download the form.


Sheila Raleigh

A Star in the Apple From the book "Home with a Heart" by Dr. James Dobson

Some parents refer to their children as the "apple of their eye." One Mom I know, affectionately thinks of her kids as the "star" in the apple. This mother discovered one day that by cutting an apple horizontally across the middle, instead of coring and slicing it in wedges from top to bottom, that something new and striking appeared. A perfect five-point star was formed by the tiny seeds at the center. The star had been there all along, of course, but she'd just never seen it before because she always approached the apple from the same point of view.

There's an analogy to children here that intrigues me. Most of us look at the creatures we call kids in a certain way year after year. We see them perhaps as lazy or irritating or demanding. But children are infinitely complex, and we may be overlooking qualities of character that we've never seen before. We could be missing the "star" at the heart of these young lives.

If we try to see them through fresh eyes every now and then, we may stumble onto a whole new wonderful dimension to their personalities that escaped us before. So give it a try! Begin looking at your children from a different angle. There is, I promise, a star tucked away inside every boy and girl. Just a closing thought as we head into summer. Take some time to spend with your kids. You may see something in your "stars" that you haven't seen before and be pleasantly surprised.