One of the responsibilities of the school is to keep all our children as healthy as we can. Therefore, we ask you to keep your child home if he or she is experiencing a temperature over 100 degrees, a chronic cough, or rash of unknown origin. You will be called to pick up your child if one of these conditions exist as we will not want the other students subject to catching any of the virus.

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.