Health Staff
Nurse Juna Genesta is in the office on Tuesday! We encourage students to see her and benefit from her expertise and experience.
Every day looking out for the health and safety of our school we have our trained Health Technician, Mrs. Marisol Olmos.
When should ill children remain home?
With a temperature greater than 100 degrees orally (without fever reducing medication) children should remain home for a minimum of 24 hours before returning to school after illness.
With persistent vomiting or diarrhea, childrenshould not attend school until the vomiting or diarrhea has dissipated for at least 24 hours.
Children should not attend school if they could have a contagious disease (e.g., strep throat, conjunctivitis). See your doctor immediately and obtain the appropriate medication. Generally, doctors recommend returning to school after a 24-hour period of medication.
Please make the school aware of any contagious illness (e.g., strep throat, chicken pox, hepatitis) so that we may alert the parents of children in your child's class of possible warning signs. Individual names are never mentioned in the correspondence sent home.
With lice or nits: Children should not attend school if they have live lice or nits. A child with lice must shampoo with a lice-specific medicated shampoo and show proof of such treatment upon returning to school (e.g., shampoo box or container). A parent will need to accompany the child back to school the day after treatment so that health office personnel may confirm that the child's hair is free of lice. The school office should be notified at the first sign of lice, so that we may alert the parents of children in your child's class (individual names are never mentioned).
If you are notified that a case exists in your child's classroom, please follow the directions sent home by the health office and check your child(ren)'s hair for lice. Quick detection and treatment will stop it from spreading.