Health Office

Student health is a team effort between students, parents/guardians and the health office. The nurse looks forward to caring for all our students’ healthcare needs both big and small. The nurse is at TA Monday-Thursday. Please don’t hesitate to call or email.

Resiliency

Student Illness

What to do when your student is ill:

• If your student is sick, please let the Main Office or School Nurse know what symptoms they are having when you call in. If your child has: a fever over 100.0 degrees, vomiting, headache, sore throat, nausea, diarrhea, significant congestion (that’s not allergies), communicable rash (scarlet fever, impetigo) they must stay home.
• If there is a concern that a student might have Covid, please contact the School Nurse and follow the Covid exposure procedure outlined below.
• If your child is ill or injured and not able to attend school, please contact the School Nurse.
• Take home Covid test kits and N95 masks are available in the Health Office and TA’s Main Office.

Medications and Health Conditions

Prescription medications:

• Must be kept in the Health Office.
• Parents/guardians must get a current medication order to the School Nurse before medication can be given at school.
• The student’s provider must send in permission (to the Health Office) to self-carry an inhaler or epi-pen.

Over-the-counter medications:

• A student needs written parent/guardian approval to take over-the-counter medications at school; students can bring a written note or have parents email permission to the School Nurse.
• Approved over-the-counter medications will be administered in the Health Office or in the Main Office (in the event that the School Nurse is unavailable).

Field Trips and Sports:

• Parents please remember that you are responsible for making sure your student has their medication (rescue inhaler/epi-pen etc.) when going on a school-sponsored field trip or athletic event.
• Students, please remember you are asked to get the medicine to your teacher or coach at the start of the field trip or game.

Covid Information for Families

When a student has Covid:

When a student is exposed to Covid:

• If they have fever, chills, fatigue, cough, runny nose, sore throat or headache consider testing for Covid.
  

Covid Testing:

• In-school Covid testing and at-home Covid tests are available from the Health Office.

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