Health Guidelines

Following the guidelines below will help your child come to school healthy and ready to learn.

Vomiting/Diarrhea- If your child vomits or has diarrhea the evening before or the morning of school, please keep him/her home and monitor for 24 hours. Children can dehydrate very quickly. Seek the advice of your child's physician if they remain ill.

Emergency Contacts - In case your child becomes ill or is injured during school, we need to be able to contact the parents/guardians or whomever you designate as an emergency contact. Children are very upset when they are ill and for them to stay extended periods of time at school when they need to be home is unfair to them and to the other students who come to the health room.

Temperature - If your child has an elevated temperature (100 degrees or above) in the evening or morning before school and symptoms of a cold, cough, sore throat, stomach complaints, etc. keep him/her home and seek the advice of your physician. A child should be fever free for 24 hours, without medication (Tylenol or Motrin, etc.) before returning to school.

Strep Throat - If your child is tested for Strep throat, they should remain home while waiting for the results of the throat culture. Your child may return to school following 24 hours of medication.

Please contact the school health room immediately if your child has contracted a communicable disease or is hospitalized.

If your student receives an immunization during the school year, please send record for update and verification. The school is required by law to keep your child's immunization record current.