Influenza and strep are a fact of life during the school year. We are confident neither of these viruses will disrupt the school year if we work together to control them.
Teach your children to wash their hands often. Washing with soap and water for at least 20 seconds is ideal (roughly the time it takes to sing the Happy Birthday song twice).
Teach your children to keep their hands away from their faces and to avoid touching their mouth, nose, or eyes.
Teach your children to cover coughs and sneezes with tissues or the inside of an elbow. Cough or sneeze into sleeves—not hands!
Help children learn these healthy habits by setting a good example yourself.
Teach your children to keep their hands away from their faces and to avoid touching their mouth, nose, or eyes.
Teach your children to cover coughs and sneezes with tissues or the inside of an elbow. Cough or sneeze into sleeves—not hands!
Help children learn these healthy habits by setting a good example yourself.
If your child becomes ill during the school day, it is important we know how to reach you. Please remember to give your up-to-date contact information to us. Be sure to inform the health office if your child has a chronic health condition, such as asthma or diabetes.
Please monitor your children daily for cough or sore throat. If either exists, check temperature with a thermometer for fever greater than 100°F. Other possible symptoms are runny nose, lethargy, loss of appetite, and in some cases, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea.
DO NOT SEND CHILDREN TO SCHOOL IF THEY ARE SICK! Sick children should stay home for at least 24 hours after their fever is gone without the use of fever-reducing drugs.
Please note that recent strep cases have not presented in the usual way. Some students just have a sore throat, others just have a fever. As a precaution, we recommend strep tests for any student presenting these symptoms. Left untreated, strep could develop into Scarlet Fever.
If your child develops these symptoms during the school day, health office personnel will notify you to pick them up from school. Students need to be picked up within an hour of notification. Children staying home with flu-like symptoms should also avoid contact with others except to get medical care.
Never bring a sick child into the front office or classrooms. Sign-out your student before picking them up from the health office. If you need to go into classrooms to pick-up other students or collect homework, leave your ill child in the health office while you do this.
We have implemented daily cleaning procedures to help combat these viruses.
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