This is a Friendly Reminder:
All incoming 7th grade students need to be up-to-date on their: Tetanus, Diphtheria and Tetanus (TDaP) vaccinations. If your student is not up-to-date please schedule an appointment with your pediatrician this booster and contact Nurse Ellen. Thank you.
The goal of the school nurse is to help students stay in school and minimize absences whenever possible.
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.
What to do when your student is ill:
- If your child is ill or injured and not able to attend school, please contact the School Nurse
- Let us 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. 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).
