From the Nurses Desk...      

Note: 07/2010-   Nurse's hours are 8:30 am - 2:30 pm.  Please make note of the time change.

It is extremely important that emergency cards be updated each school year and throughout the school year. These should also include any person who is allowed to pick up your student from school in the event we cannot contact you in an emergency.

If your student has an emergency care plan, please be sure to have your doctor update an “Emergency Health Care Plan” form for the nurse so we are aware of any emergency issue involving your student.

Any medication your student is required to take during school hours requires a form be filled out. This form “Authorization for School Personnel to Administer Prescription Medication to Student” must be completed by the student’s parent/guardian and the doctor must sign and state how the medication is to be taken. The medication must be clearly marked in its original container.

Any questions? Please contact our school nurse, Sheila Labar at 258-4674 ext. 54898

The following information has been provided by Volusia County Health Department.

FLU PREVENTION TIPS

• Cover your nose or mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze. Throw the tissue in the trash after you use it.

• If you do not have a tissue cough or sneeze into your sleeve.

• Wash your hands often with soap and water, especially after you cough or sneeze. Alcohol-based hands cleaners are also effective.

• Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth. Germs are spread that way.
  Stay home if you are sick.

• Contact your doctor if you have fever and flu symptoms.

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FROM OUR DISTRICT'S COMMUNITY INFORMATION SERVICE....

Dear Parent/Guardian,

As you may know, flu can be easily spread from person to person. Therefore, we are taking steps to reduce the spread of flu in [School name]. We want to keep the school open to students and functioning in a normal manner during this flu season. But, we need your help to do this.

The school district is working closely with the Volusia County Health Department to monitor flu conditions and make decisions about the best steps to take concerning schools. We will keep you updated with new information as it becomes available.

We are doing everything we can to keep our school functioning as usual. Here are a few things you can do to help.

·         Teach your children to wash their hands often with soap and water or an alcohol-based hand rub. You can set a good example by doing this yourself.

·         Teach your children not to share personal items like drinks, food or unwashed utensils, and to cover their coughs and sneezes with tissues. Covering up their coughs or sneezes using the elbow, arm or sleeve instead of the hand when a tissue is unavailable.

·         Know the signs and symptoms of the flu. Symptoms of the flu include fever (100 degrees Fahrenheit, 37.8 degrees Celsius or greater), cough, sore throat, a runny or stuffy nose, body aches, headache, and feeling very tired. Some people may also vomit or have diarrhea.

·         Keep sick children at home for at least 24 hours after they no longer have fever or do not have signs of fever, without using fever-reducing drugs.  Keeping children with a fever at home will reduce the number of people who may get infected.

·         Do not send children to school if they are sick. Parents/guardians will be called to pick up any children who are determined to be sick while at school. 

Follow these steps to prepare for the flu during the 2009-10 school year:

·         Plan for child care at home if you child gets sick.

·         Plan to monitor the health of the sick child and any other children in the household by checking for fever and other symptoms of flu.

·         Identify if you have children who are at higher risk of serious disease from the flu and talk to your healthcare provider about a plan to protect them during flu season.  Children at high risk of serious disease from the flu include children under 5 years of age and those children with chronic medical conditions, such as asthma and diabetes.

·         Identify a separate room in the house for the care of sick family members.

·         Update emergency contact lists.

·         Get your family vaccinated for seasonal flu and 2009 H1N1 flu when vaccines are available.

For more information, visit www.flu.gov, or call 1-800-CDC-INFO for the most current information about the flu. For more information about flu in our community and what our school is doing, visit www.volusia.k12.fl.us, www.cdc.gov  or www.volusiahealth.com. We will notify you of any additional changes to our school’s strategy to prevent the spread of flu.

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