STUDENT SERVICES
GUIDANCE The school counselors and other guidance workers offer you, as well as your parents and teachers, the opportunity for conferences to assist in planning your present and future progress. It is our hope that these personnel will be fully utilized by you, your parents and teachers. If at any time you wish to see your counselor, come to the Guidance Suite before 7:56 in the morning and get a pass from your counselor. If your counselor is not available, fill out the“ Counselor Conference Request” form and give it to the guidance secretary. Please follow the above procedure and you will avoid being disappointed when you want to see your counselor. The guidance phone number is: 763-8876. The guidance secretary will be happy to connect you to your child’ s counselor.
The school counselor protects the confidentiality of information received in the counseling process as specified by law and ethical standards. School counselors are to inform the appropriate authorities when a counselee’ s condition indicates a clear and imminent danger to the counselee or others. This is to be done after careful deliberation and, where possible, after consultation with other professionals. The State of Connecticut requires that school personnel, including counselors, report child abuse, child neglect, suspected child abuse and / or a child under 13 with venereal disease to the Connecticut Department of Children and Families.
SCHOOL NURSE INFORMATION John F. Kennedy Middle School has two full time nurses and one part-time nurse on staff. The nurses ' office is located in the main administrative wing. If you feel sick or have an injury, you must ask your teacher for a pass to the nurses ' office. You will get a nurses’ pass to return to class. Parents will be called if it becomes necessary to dismiss a student due to illness or injury. Parents will also be called to inform them of concerns or issues with their student as they arise. If students request to call their parent, they will be allowed to use the school phone to call. If your student texts or calls from their cell phone to be dismissed due to illness, please be sure they have been to the nurses’ office. Emergency numbers are most important in case parents are unavailable. Parents must sign in at the main office when dismissing a student. No student will be allowed to walk home. Students will not be dismissed without proper parent or emergency-person authorization. Parents can call the school nurses ' office( 763-8880) with questions about their student ' s health and well- being. Voice mail is on at all times. CT State Law requires that every child be immunized before entering school. All students must be in compliance or they will be excluded from school until all immunizations are completed and documented. There are no exceptions to this Statute. All grade 6 students are required to have a complete physical( on a St of CT blue form) dated between the day after school ends in 5th grade and the day before the first day of school for 7th grade. Letters and forms will be mailed throughout the school year. In addition, CT State Law mandates screenings to be done during the school year by the nurses. Scoliosis screenings are required in grades 6, 7 & 8. All students will be screened by the school nurses in Physical Education classes( students not in PE will be screened in the nurses ' office). Letters will be mailed home if the nurse finds the need for a doctor ' s examination. Students with known scoliosis will be mailed referrals for updating. Hearing screenings are required for all 8th graders. Those students with a known hearing loss will be mailed a referral for updating. Vision
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