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When to Keep Your Child Home:

    • If your child’s temperature is 100 degrees or higher, they should remain at home until their temperature is below 100 degrees for 24 hours without the use of Tylenol or Motrin.
    • If your child vomits and the reason is unclear as to what caused it, or they continue not to feel well, keep your child home until they can keep food and liquids down.
    • A child should be kept at home if more than 2 episodes of diarrhea occur, and your child does not feel well.
    • Colds, sore throat, ear pain - Take your child’s temperature and keep them home if it’s over 100 degrees. If complaints persist for more than a day, you may want to contact your child’s doctor.
    • Asthma Episodes - If wheezing persists despite medication, keep your child home, and contact the doctor. 
    • Red/pink, crusty, eye - If you see these signs and they are unable to open their eye by itself (it’s “stuck shut”), keep your child home and have them seen by their doctor.
    • Any unexplained rash or other unusual symptoms, please contact the doctor.
    • Live head lice. 


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. 

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MEDICATION FORMS: 

  • Discretionary Medication Form (Needed for over-the-counter medications): click here

  • Medication Form needed for Prescription Medications to be given in school: click here

 

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

The child must be treated and have no live lice present before they can return to school. Please contact the nurse to report the incident. Your child will be checked for 2 weeks to ensure that nits (eggs) are being removed and no new lice are seen. If you are aware of any close contacts, please provide those names as well. Every child should be re-treated after 1 week. Instructions will be sent home along with a checklist to ensure all bases are covered when treating lice. 


 WELLNESS CENTER

There is a Wellness Center for the use of our students, as well as for the students of Dundalk Middle and Dundalk High Schools. There is a nurse practitioner and a health assistant available 2 days per week. They can see students on Wednesdays from 12:30 to 2:30, as well as on Thursdays from 9:00 to 3:00. An enrollment packet must be completed and sent to the nurse’s office.


Students can be seen for illness, chronic health conditions, sports physicals, 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.

English Sign-Up Forms: 

Wellness Health History Form: Click here

Wellness Enrollment Form: Click here Vaccine Consent Form: Click here

Spanish Sign-Up Forms: 

Wellness Enrollment Form SPANISH: Click here

Wellness Health History Form SPANISH: Click here Vaccine Consent Form SPANISH: Click here