Please know that the nurse is unable to dispense over-the-counter and prescription medication without the following:

• a permission slip from you
  
• a physician’s permission slip for the prescription medication
  
• you providing the medication to be dispensed

Your child is also required to have certain immunizations before enrolling in school. This is a state law developed by the NH Department of Health. A copy of your child(ren)'s immunization record should be submitted to the Nurse's Office as soon as any updates are made.

If your household has an outbreak of head lice, please notify the school so that classmates can be checked. We always attempt to rid our school quickly of head lice while guarding your privacy.

Healthy kids make for better learners. Eating 3 meals a day, nutritious snacks, and plenty of exercise are always encouraged. Thank you!

Health Reminders from the Nurse's Office

1. Please take time at home to reinforce the hand washing and covering sneezes that we are practicing at school. Washing hands with warm water and soap for 15 seconds before meals and snacks will keep your family much healthier this winter.
   
2. Encourage your child to go outside frequently, even for short periods when the weather is cold. The outdoor air, especially in the winter, is more humid and much fresher that the air indoors, which tends to be drying to the mucous membranes, increasing the incidences of nosebleeds, impetigo, chapped lips, ear infections, and upper respiratory infections. Even children with colds benefit from the humidity of outdoor air.
   
3. Create opportunities to drink water. Fill a water bottle to bring to school and encourage the child to have it consumed by the time school ends. Our teachers are wonderful about allowing water breaks. Too little fluids contribute to poor hydration.
   
4. Layers work well when dressing for the school day. Early mornings are cold and boots and snow pants are a must for participating in sliding on snow banks at recess. Pack an extra pair of socks in the front of your child's backpack for that day when the puddles win or the snow melts down in to the boots.
   

                                               Helpful Guidelines
Fever: This is an important sign of illness. Your child should be kept at home until they are fever free for 24 hours. 

Sore Throat: When accompanied by a high fever, this may indicate strep throat.

Diarrhea & Vomiting: Both make children very uncomfortable. They should be kept out of school until the illness passes.

Chickenpox: A very uncomfortable and highly contagious viral disease. The symptoms include fever, itching, and pink or red watery spots. Please notify the school and keep your child at home until the spots dry up.

Conjunctivitis (Pink Eye): Usually cause by a virus, it is very contagious and uncomfortable. Some of the signs include burning and itching of the eye and a discharge (yellow-white) especially in the morning. Your child needs to be kept at home until they have been on antibiotics for 24 hours.

Bad Cough: This can indicate a variety of illnesses from a common cold to bronchitis or pneumonia. Whooping Cough has been reported in New Hampshire...it is important for you to know the symptoms. They are an irritating, hacking cough that may progress to spasmodic and recurrent coughing spells accompanied by thick mucus. Whooping Cough is highly contagious and needs to be reported to the school nurse.