When to keep your child home:
EMERGENCY CONTACTS
It is VITAL that current phone numbers be on file with both the nurse and the front office. If you are not available to pick up your child during the day, AT LEAST TWO EMERGENCY CONACTS MUST BE PROVIDED. The school is not equipped to care for an injured or ill child for several hours.
HEALTH RECORDS
Every child has a health file which may be updated at any time. Please notify the nurse of new or changed medications, new diagnosis, surgeries, hearing or vision updates, new immunizations, allergies, or any change in your child.
If your child needs medication kept in school, a doctor’s order is required and must be renewed every school year. Elementary school students may NOT carry and self-administer any type of medication in school. This is a serious safety concern. Below are the two medication forms needed to administer medication in school.
CHANGE OF CLOTHING
EVERY STUDENT is requested to have a complete change of clothes in their locker. Students of all ages experience spills, tears, and bathroom accidents. They may miss time from instruction while they wait for clothes to be brought to school.
HEAD LICE POLICY
Please keep your child at home if live lice are observed in your child’s hair. The child must be treated before they can return to school, and all live lice must be removed. Please contact the nurse to report the incident. Your child will be checked for 2 weeks to ensure that nits are being removed, and no new lice are seen. Every child should be re-treated after 1 week. Instructions as to home and environment procedures will be sent home along with a checklist to ensure all bases are covered. Children may remain in school as long as the nit (eggs) are decreasing in number, and no new nits appear. Removal of all nits is strongly encouraged.
School Based Health Center
There is a health center for the use of our students, as well as for the students of Dundalk Middle and Dundalk High. There is a nurse practitioner and a health assistant available on Tuedays from 12:00-3:00 and Thursdays 8:30-3:00. An enrollment packet must be completed and sent to the nurse’s office prior to receiving care from the health center.
Students can be seen for illness, chronic health conditions, immunizations and to make referrals as needed. Your health insurance may be charged, but you will not receive a bill. Please contact the school nurse for an appointment or to receive an enrollment packet.