o Hand out Medical Alert package (Red Folder) to the parents in order to complete Individual Student Plan;

o Package contains FORM B (two-sided), FORM C (two-sided), FORM D (one-sided with a small photo);

o Meet with parents or send home medical forms (June or prior to the beginning of the new school year)  to review and update medical information;

o Review the forms and discuss storage of EpiPen (ie.  one to be carried by the student and an additional one to be stored in the Health Room in a clearly labelled container).

o Ensure the Secretary records in Trillium the medical alert information;

o Store Individual Plan (Red Folder) in OSR as per Board protocol;

o Provide copies of the Individual Plan (Red Folder) and School Action Plan to classroom teacher for their own binder and occasional teacher folder, to planning time teachers(s), and teacher librarian;

o Post Emergency Allergy Alert Forms in Health Room;

o Post Signs identifying the school as allergen aware at every entrance to the school;

o Post Signs at the entrance to the following, identifying that no food is to be consumed:

• the library;
• the gymnasium;
• the hallways;
• the computer room;
• the girls and boys phy-ed change rooms.

o Send a letter on the first day of school each September to parents and provide a letter to each new registrant in the form outlined in the website section "Anaphylaxis Letter to Parents". 

o Provide training for all staff regarding the signs of anaphylaxis and administration of EpiPens on a P.A. Day before the first day of school in September or, if there are no P.A. Days before the beginning of school, on the first P.A. Day;

o Provide training for all staff regarding the signs of anaphylaxis and administration of EpiPens approximately mid-way through the school year;

o Provide training for all volunteers regarding the signs of anaphylaxis and administration of EpiPens during the volunteer orientation;

o Ensure the volunteer handbook contains information regarding the signs of anaphylaxis and the administration of EpiPens.

o Organize one assembly for each division (before the end of September) dedicated to Sabrina’s Law, recognizing anaphylaxis and what to do in an anaphylaxis emergency;

• Use videos suggested by the Board at the assembly;
• Discuss anaphylaxis at one or more assemblies later in the school year;

o Ensure fundraisers do not have allergens;

o Ensure each school newsletter includes a reminder about life threatening allergies in the form set out in Appendix 2;

o Ensure an allergen-free alternative for pizza days, if there are students with allergies to one or more pizza ingredients;

o Provide regular reminders to students not to share food, not to consume food outside, not to consume food in the hallways or in the library, gym, computer room or change rooms; and

o Provide regular reminders to students to wash their hands before and after consuming food.

• Place a copy of the Individual Plan and forms and copy of the Poster (How to Use the EpiPen) in the teacher binder; in the supply teacher folder;
• provide the same to planning time teacher(s) and to teacher librarian.

• Post the Red Alert sign outside classroom alerting people entering that a student in the class has a life-threatening allergy;

• Review Emergency Plan in the Red Folder;
• Review locations of EpiPen and 911 procedures;
• Provide parents with a communication package (Appendix V);
• Review labels on packages, checking for hidden allergens, which may be present in play dough, and other food-type classroom materials;

• Establish and review class routines:
• Remind students to wash their hands before and after snack/lunch, to only eat their snack/lunch and to remain seated when eating their snack/lunch; and

• Remind parents that they should reinforce with their children that they only eat their own snack/lunch;

• For excursions:
• Bring Two EpiPens (provided by the parents) for each student with life threatening allergies;
• Make the bus driver, supervisors and teachers aware of the students with life threatening allergies;
• Remind students that food is not to be eaten on the bus;
• Ensure a cell phone is available to a supervisor/teacher during the exclusion; and
• Ensure an allergen safe place to eat and allergen safe food to eat if purchasing food items on the trip.