Emergeny Data Sheet is included as part of the “Meet the Teacher” packet at the beginning of each school year. If you did not complete an Emergency data sheet or need to change information, please contact the Main Office or the Health Office for a new one and return it completed as soon as possible. Be sure to include adequate and updated emergency telephone numbers. During the school year it is important that contact numbers be kept updated. We will NOT release your child to anyone other than those listed on the Emergency Data Sheet. Please include your after school daycare provider. Alternate pickup authorizations must be made in person. The Health Office uses this important information on the Emergency Data Sheets when your child is ill, injured or has a problem.

MEDICATIONS AT SCHOOL MUST BE DISPENSED THROUGH THE HEALTH OFFICE. No medications are allowed in the classroom, this includes over the counter medications and cough drops and sore throat strips. No medications are to be sent to school on the bus, this is a safety issue. A note from the parent will be accepted initially. Then a parent must fill out a “Consent for Medication” form. ALL prescription medication or over the counter must be supplied in original pharmacy container or packaging and brought to health office by an adult. Ask your Pharmacy when filling the prescription for a school bottle with a prescription label attached. Please bring enough doses for school use and keep the remainder at home. Please document when the supply will need to be refreshed at school. At the end of the school year or when withdrawing from school the parent will be responsible for picking up all of their child’s medication. Any prescription medication or over the counter medication will be disposed of at the end of the school year or when withdrawal paperwork comes through health office.

Just a REMINDER please call the health office at 472-7680 anytime your student has a medical change, new medication, change in medication dosage, whether at home or at school, a new or modified medical diagnosis, surgery (emergency or scheduled, inpatient or outpatient) or anytime a child will be out for an extended period of time due to illness or injury. These are all situations that the Health Office needs to be aware of.

Health screening at school includes vision, head lice checks, hearing, blood pressure and scoliosis. These screenings will be on particular grades. Should you have a concern regarding your child’s vision or hearing, please call the Health Office.

FEVER

A fever is a warning that all is not right with the body. The best way to check for a fever is with a thermometer. No child with a temperature of 100 degrees or greater should attend school. Do not allow a child to return to school until they have been free of fever for 24 hours.

HEAD LICE

A child with head lice must remain at home until the child’s hair has been treated with lice shampoo and ALL nits have been removed from child’s hair. The entire household must be cleaned and linens laundered and siblings checked for head lice. Please contact the school nurse and report head lice so that we may check the child’s classmates and siblings.

STOMACH ACHE, VOMITING, AND DIARRHEA

Consult your doctor if your child has a stomach ache, which is persistent or severe enough to limit activity. If vomiting occurs, keep your child at home until they can keep down food for at least ( 2 ) meal times. A child with diarrhea should be kept at home until they can eat at least (2) meals without having loose stool.

Call your doctor if prompt improvement does not occur.

PAIN

TOOTHACHE - Contact your dentist.

EARACHE - Consult your doctor.

HEADACHE – A child whose only complaint is a headache usually

need not be kept home.

EYE INFECTIONS

Reddened, itchy eyes maybe conjunctivitis or pink eye, and must be treated by a doctor. A child with pink eye must be on medication for at least 24 hours, and be free of drainage before they can return to school.

COLD, SORE THROAT, AND COUGH

The common cold presents the most frequent problem to parents.

A child with a “ mild” cold but otherwise feeling well may go to school.

A child with a “ HEAVY” cold and a deep hacking cough belongs home and in bed, even though they have no fever.

If your child complains of a sore throat and has no other symptoms they may go to school. If white spots can be seen in the back of the throat, or if fever is present, keep them home and call the doctor.

If your child is being treated for Strep Throat keep them home from school until they are fever free for 24 hours and has been on antibiotics for at least 24 hours.

RASH

A rash may be the first sign of one of childhood’s many illnesses, such as measles or chicken pox. A rash or “spots”, may cover the entire body or may appear in only one area.

Do not send a child with a rash to school until your doctor has said that it is safe to do so.

A child who has had chicken pox may return to school when all of the poxes are dried and scabbed over.