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Health Office Update: March 14, 2024

It’s nice to see the sun.

Illnesses

• We still have several students out with influenza symptoms. Symptoms are headache, sore throat nausea, body aches and fever. If your child has a temperature over 100.0 they need to stay home, please.

It is taking 3-6 days for students to feel well after getting the flu. 

• Parents, please encourage your students to be in touch with their teachers to make a plan to make-up work.

• There is an upper respiratory virus causing: sore throat, congestion, cough and sometimes laryngitis. This is lasting 2-5 days.

• NEW — Protocol for return after Covid is here: Thetford Academy Health Office/COVID page

• If you need a Covid test kit, please come to the health office. 

Covid Frequently asked Questions

Covid Pfizer booster

Available to students and staff (under age 64) at:

– Upper Valley Pediatrics – call 802-785-4722 for an appointment. 
– South Royalton Health Center – call 802-763-7575.

Dangers of Vaping: What Parents Need to Know in 2024

Register for March 12th Webinar at 6:00 PM

Issues Facing Teens

• Join Thetford Academy’s Getting to Y team and other community members to discuss root causes of issues facing today’s teens and brainstorm solutions. Students at TA have identified 3 main concerns on which they would like to focus: teen sexual violence, vaping, and LGBTQ+ mental health. 

• This Community Dialogue Event will take place on Thurs, March 21 at 6-7:30 in the library at Thetford Academy. Pizza will be provided. Please register in advance using this link

Contact Kara Toms ([email protected]) if you have any questions.

A Tip for Better Mental Health:

• Smiling Mind is a helpful, free app for stress/anxiety/sleep issues Smiling Mind

• Helpful NPR article on dealing with stressors can help adults and students. How to manage stressors

Cannabis Youth Health Concerns

• Protect young children from accidental cannabis ingestion.

• Teach teens that increased cannabis use can be a sign of mental distress.

Please see this flyer from the Vermont Department of Health.

Here is the full list of Vermont cannabis stores currently offering the free, lockable storage bags.

  • Capital Cannabis Company – Berlin
  • Vermont Bud Barn – Brattleboro
  • Euphoria Cannabis Products – Burlington
  • The High Country – Derby
  • Magic Mann – Essex
  • FLORA – Middlebury
  • Mountain Girl Cannabis – Rutland
  • MothaPlant – St. Albans
  • Northeast Kannabis – St. Johnsbury
  • The Tea House – White River Junction

Thetford Town Service Officer

– A resource for winter: the town service officer can help with gas cards, fuel oil, etc. The town service officer can connect families with other supports.

– Jessica Eaton is the Thetford Town Service Officer and can be contacted for assistance for a wide variety of needs.  

Email: [email protected]. Phone: 802.333.9491

Thetford Food Shelf

– The food shelf is open Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 10 to noon. The food shelf serves residents of Thetford, Fairlee, West Fairlee, Vershire and Strafford.

Corinth, West Topsham & Bradford Food Shelves

– West Topsham’s food shelf is at the Riverside Grange & open Fridays 5:30 -630 PM

– Bradford Academy’s food shelf, in Bradford, is open Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, 3-4 p.m.; Wednesday, 5-6 p.m.; Friday, 11 a.m.-noon

Israel and the Occupied Territories

– The International Red Cross is helping in the Mideast

– UNICEF is helping children


Ellen Gnaedinger, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC

Thetford Academy School Nurse

Thetford Academy Health Office/COVID page



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