School Health Program

Our school maintains a clinic staffed with a registered nurse.  First aid treatment for all accidents will be administered at school.  If your child should be injured to the extent that he/she needs a doctor's care, every effort will be made to notify you.  Parents must leave an emergency number with the school in case both parents are away from home.

Please do not send your child to school if he/she appears ill.  A temperature of 101 degrees or more could be an indication of a need for medical advice.  In addition, all children should be symptom free for 24 hours before returning to school after any illness.  The following signs and symptoms could indicate illness:

• Nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea
• Sore throat--swollen glands of neck or throat
• Acute cold or persistent cough
• Red, inflamed or discharging eyes
• Skin rashes, bumps, or other skin manifestations
• Suspected ringworm or impetigo
• Any weeping skin lesion unless covered and diagnosed non-infectious
• Any suspected communicable disease
• Earache, toothache, persistent headache
• Pediculosis (head lice)
• Acute state of asthma or allergy attack
• Unexpected profuse sweating

To assure your child's health and safety, certain practices will be followed by parents and school:

1.    In order to protect all children, any child who shows signs of illness on
       arrival or who becomes ill during the school day will have a parent
       called.  The parent will be expected to come to the school and sign the
       child out.

2.   Any child recovering from a contagious or communicable
      disease/infectious/illness may return to school after he/she has been
      treated and released by a doctor and/or after being on medication for
      24 hours.  All children must report to the nurse's office before
      returning to the classroom.

3.   Before the school day begins, any medication to be taken by a child
      during school should be brought or sent to the nurse's office
      accompanied by a note of explanation and instruction from the parent
      and/or attending physician,  The parent must also sign a medical
      permission slip in order for us to administer medication.

      Prescribed medication/treatment may be administered by a school
      nurse or by a non health professional designate of the principal or
      school nurse.  The medication should be brought to school in the
      original container appropriately labeled by the pharmacy. Parents
      may request that the pharmacist dispense two bottles of medication,
      one for home and one for school.