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Here are some reminders:

 

• TEMPERATURE - Your child MUST remain home if he/she has an elevated temperature.  Doctors recommend that your child be fever-free, without medication, for 24 hours before returning to school.

• DIARRHEA - Diarrhea that cannot be controlled.  Students should be free of diarrhea symptoms for 24 hours before coming to school.

• VOMITING - Your child must not have vomited for 24 hours before returning to school.

• CONTAGUOUS DISEASES - Your child must remain home when he/she shows symptoms of a contagious disease such as strep throat, conjunctivitis (pink eye), impetigo, ringworm, and head lice, to name a few.  Please feel free to call the school nurse if you have any questions.

• NASAL DISCHARGE - If your child has copious, continuous, uncontrollable greenish-yellow nasal discharge, this increases the risk of exposure and illness to other children and staff, please keep your child at home.

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ILLNESS -A child's ability to learn, perform, and behave can depend on how a child feels physically.  The environment in a school setting in and of itself is one cause of illness.  Another factor is ill children being sent to school and exposing others to contagious diseases.

We ask that sick children remain at home if their illness is contagious and could cause illness in other children.  We ask your cooperation by calling school and informing the nurse of that illness as soon as possible so we can detect similar illnesses in others sooner.          

                                                                  

If your child becomes ill at school, the nurse will call you to pick him/her up.  

 

If your child has special medical or health problems, please inform the school nurse.  

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• HEAD LICE SCREENING - Periodic screening for pediculosis (head lice) is performed.  If the school nurse finds evidence of head lice, the child will be sent home for the parent to administer treatment.  Family doctors, the school nurse, and pharmacists can provide treatment advice.  Upon completion of this treatment and before the child is allowed back in school, he/she must be re-examined by the school nurse.  Please call the school nurse if you suspect head lice, so that other children in the classroom can be checked.

• MEDICATION - Sometimes medications need to be given during school hours.  Certain procedures must be followed to ensure the safety of all children.  No prescription medication will be given without parental and physician signatures.  No over-the-counter products will be given without parental authorization for administration.  Relevant side effects and all other specific information must be filled out by the child's parent and the child's physician.  Forms may be obtained from the school nurse.  Cough drops, for example, should not be sent to school with your child.  The child could easily choke if he/she took one while at recess.  If necessary, bring cough drops to the school nurse who will dispense them to the child.

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If your child needs to be on prescription medication in school, please follow these guidelines:

• PRESCRIPTION ORDER - When you go to the doctor, have the doctor write an order or fill out the school form and bring it into the school nurse.

• LABELED PRESCRIPTION CONTAINER - At the pharmacy, ask for an extra container for school with the complete prescription label on it.

• PERMISSION SLIP - Medical needs should be included on the medical permission slip.

• PERSONAL ADULT DELIVERY - The parent/guardian MUST bring the medication into school personally, do not send medications with the child.

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Thank you for your cooperation in following these health precautions to protect your child and other children from illnesses.  

We know it can be difficult for working parents to have a sick child at home