Winslow Elementary School

    301 E Porter Street

    Winslow, Indiana 47598

    United States of America

   "Home of the Eskimos"

    Built 1966/Renovated 2001

 Pike County School

Corporation

Rated as a "Top 100

School District in the U.S.A."

for the Year 2000

by the Editors of

The Wall Street Journal & OffSpring Magazine

Mrs. Vicki Oxby

Winslow Elementary Nurse

& PCSC Supervising Nurse

School Information For Parents On Influenza

Please keep your child home with signs of illness.

CDC recommends that individuals with influenza-like illness remain at home until at least 24 hours after they are free of fever (100°F or 37.8°C or greater), or signs of a fever, without the use of fever-reducing medications.

Fever-reducing medications, that is, medications containing acetaminophen or ibuprofen, are appropriate for use in individuals with influenza-like illness. Aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid) should not be given to children or teenagers who have influenza; this can cause a rare but serious illness called Reye's syndrome. The determination of readiness to return to school should be made when at least 24 hours have passed since the ill person's temperature first remained normal without the use of these medications

CDC recommends that students and staff be encouraged to wash their hands often with soap and water, especially after coughing or sneezing.

CDC recommends covering the nose and mouth with a tissue when coughing or sneezing and throwing the tissue in the trash after use. Wash hands promptly after coughing or sneezing. If a tissue is not immediately available, coughing or sneezing into one's arm or sleeve (not into one’s hand) is recommended.

CDC recommends that schools encourage ill staff and parents of ill students at higher risk of complications from influenza to seek early treatment.

A vaccine for 2009 H1N1 flu will likely become available in fall 2009. For children, at least, protective immunity will require 2 doses of vaccine, separated by at least 3 weeks and an additional 2 weeks for the immune response to develop (that is, approximately 5 weeks after the first vaccination).

Students, staff, and their families must take personal responsibility for staying home when ill, practicing hand hygiene and respiratory etiquette, and planning in advance for child care in the event of a school dismissal.

About 55 million students and 7 million staff attend the more than 130,000 public and private schools in the United States each day. By implementing these recommendations, schools and health officials can help protect one-fifth of the country's population from flu.

For more information please go the these websites http://www.cdc.gov or www.statehealth.in.gov

Stop the Spread of Germs that Make You and Others Sick!

Serious respiratory illnesses like influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), whooping cough, and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) are spread by:

·         Coughing or sneezing

·         Unclean hands

To help stop the spread of germs,

·         Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when you cough or sneeze.

·         If you don't have a tissue, cough or sneeze into your upper sleeve, not your hands.

·         Put your used tissue in the waste basket.

Clean your hands after coughing or sneezing

·         Wash with soap and water.
or

·         Clean with alcohol-based hand cleaner

When washing hands with soap and water:

·         Wet your hands with clean running water and apply soap. Use warm water if it is available.

·         Rub hands together to make a lather and scrub all surfaces.

·         Continue rubbing hands for 20 seconds. Need a timer? Imagine singing "Happy Birthday" twice through to a friend!

·         Rinse hands well under running water

·         Dry your hands using a paper towel or air dryer. If possible, use your paper towel to turn off the faucet

When should you wash your hands?

·         Before preparing or eating food

·         After going to the bathroom

·         After changing diapers or cleaning up a child who has gone to the bathroom

·         Before and after tending to someone who is sick

·         After blowing your nose, coughing, or sneezing

·         After handling an animal or animal waste

·         After handling garbage

·         Before and after treating a cut or wound

Everyday living brings with it exposure to infection and other dangers to the health of children.  Recognizing this, the teachers, school nurses and principal have organized an intensive program to protect the health of your child during the coming year.  Knowing that parents are eager to protect the health of their children, we recommend that:

Pike County School Corporation 

Policy/Guidelines for Management of Head Lice in Schools

Responsibility of the School Nurse

The PCSC registered nurses are the health care professionals who will communicate with and act as consultants for the staff, family and student.  The nurse will provide instruction and support to the student and family.

Responsibility of the School

1. Any student within the school corporation suspected of having head lice may be examined.
2. Any sibling or close contact of the infected student who is within the school corporation may be examined.
3. Confidentiality must be maintained.
4. An individual will be sent home upon evidence of living lice.
5. Instruction in treatment with an FDA approved product will be provided to the caregiver for any student sent home.
6. When the individual returns to the school after a substantiated case of head lice, and proper treatment has been given, he or she should be examined by the school nurse.

Transportation Responsibilities

1. When a child has been diagnosed with an active case of head lice, the parent, guardian, or designated person on the current health information sheet will be contacted to transport the child home.  Parents or guardians of students who drive to school will be contacted before the student is sent home.
2. In rare situations when the school personnel have communicated with persons listed as contacts for the student, and no transportation is available, the child will be sent home at the end of the day by the regular means for that student.  This may be by bus or by individual transportation.
3. It will be the responsibility of the parent or their designated person to transport the child to school after being properly treated for head lice.

HEALTH SERVICES DEPARTMENT

  Any medication given at school, including Over The Counter Medications, will require a physicians order.  All medications must be kept in the nurses' office.  Medications brought to school must be in the original container.  The label will serve as the order for prescription medications and will be given as written directions allow.  Any changes to the label must be by the physician's order.  A written order from the physician must accompany any over the counter medications.  Parents should read and complete the annual medical update given to each child at the beginning of the school year or upon entry during the year.

Indiana State Law only allows medication to be sent home with students under the following guidelines.

Medications administered during school hours or at a school function to a student in grades preschool through grade eight may only be released to:

1. the student's parent or guardian
2. an individual who is :

a)      at least 18 years of age;

b)     and, is designated in writing by the student’s parent or guardian.

Medications kept in the nurse's office for administration during school hours or at school functions for a student in grades 9 through 12 may be released to the student if the student's parent or guardian provides written permission for the release of the medication.

The law permits any student with an acute or chronic disease or medical condition to carry and self-administer medication required on an emergency basis while in school or at a school-sponsored activity.  A form needs to be completed by the prescribing physician, the parent, and the student to allow possession and administration.  The form should be picked up from and returned to the nurse's office. 

Every student entering the Pike County School Corporation must conform to the Indiana State Health Department Immunization Guidelines.

Indiana State Law mandates screenings and follow-ups to be done on the following:

Visual Screening: Kindergarten or First, Third, and Eighth

Hearing Screening: First, Fourth, Seventh, and Tenth

Scoliosis Screening: Fifth, Seventh, and Ninth

Any child in any grade suspected of having a visual or hearing problem may also be screened.

Screenings will also be done on any student new to the corporation.

In addition; height, weight, and head lice screenings may be performed on students.

To ensure the health and safety of each student while at school, an Annual Health Update form is available to each student. This form is a part of each student’s health record and will assist in the treatment of health concerns, and the release and transportation from school, should the parent or guardian not be available.  Any student requiring a medical procedure or prescription medication on a regular or as needed basis while at school, may require an individual health plan with parent input.  Information pertinent to a student’s activities of daily living may be shared on a need to know basis with the school health team involved with that student.  The team may include any staff member who will share in a responsibility affecting that student.

Students should not be sent to school if he or she has presented signs or symptoms of contagious condition in the last 24 hours. 

Contact the nurse's office with any medical or health concerns at 812-789-2209 Ext. 603.

 Disclamer

The information provided within the Pike County School Corporation website is provided for educational purposes only. 

While reasonable efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of all information provided, it is subject to change without notice and cannot be guaranteed to be current.  Furthermore, the authors of these sites do not have editorial oversight for all documents referenced here and cannot be held responsible for their content.

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Last updated: April 29, 2011.