If your child is ill (or sent home from school ill), please refrain from sending him/her back to school using the following guidleines for common communicable diseases:

Vomiting-Keep your child home until he/she is symptom free and well hydrated for a minimum of 24 hours.

Conjunctivitus/Pink Eye-Keep your child home until he/she has been on medication for 24 hours.

Diarrhea-Keep your child home until he/she is symptom free and well hydrated for 24 hours.

Fever and Flu-Keep your child home until he/she is symtpom free for 24 hours. If your child has a fever in the evening, but is without a fever in the morning, please refrain from sending them to school.

Lice-Keep your child home until he/she has been treated and live lice and nits are removed.

Scabies-Keep your child home until he/she has been treated.

Strep Throat/Scarlet Fever-Keep your child home until he/she is fever free and has been on medication for 24 hours.

Physical Examinations-Students need to present to the school nurse documentation of a physical examination prior to first school entry and at intervals of every three to four years thereafter.Any student wanting to participate in sports must have a yearly physical examination on file in the health office prior to the start of the season. Please check with the school nurse to make sure your child is in compliance.

Check out these websites for information regarding health:

http://ma.gov/dph/flu

http://massinmotion

http://www.pgschoolprograms

 

 

Check out the information posted outside the health office that may help maintain your child's health!