Dear Parents and Guardians of Flushing Manor,
Ensuring that all of our students are safe and healthy is a priority here at P.S. 184Q. Healthy children are able to attend school and focus on instruction and experience socialization with peers. At this time we would like to remind you of some simple, common sense, good health practices that you should remind your children about at home.
They are as follows:
We know that it can sometimes be difficult for a parent to decide whether or not to send their children to school when they wake up with early symptoms of an illness or complaints that they do not feel well. In general, during cold and flu season, unless your child is significantly ill, the best place for them to be is in school. Still, there are some situations in which it is best to plan on keeping your child home for a day to rest or to arrange for an appointment with your health care provider.
The following are a few such situations:
Finally, if you know your child is still running a fever, do NOT simply give them Tylenol and send them to school. Please keep your child home until they are fever free for 24 hours without medication. Remember, whenever you keep your child home from school, please call the main office in advance of the start of the school day and leave a message that your child will be absent.
Please feel free to contact the school with any questions or concerns. We know that with parents as partners we can keep our children strong and healthy and ensure their presence in school each day!
Sincerely,
Anna Dimilta
Principal
Ensuring that all of our students are safe and healthy is a priority here at P.S. 184Q. Healthy children are able to attend school and focus on instruction and experience socialization with peers. At this time we would like to remind you of some simple, common sense, good health practices that you should remind your children about at home.
They are as follows:
- Discard used tissues promptly
- Do not share personal items
- Cover their mouths when they cough or sneeze
- Keep their hands away from the face
- Wash hands thoroughly and often with soap and warm water (suggest that they silently sing the Happy Birthday song twice while washing their hands)
We know that it can sometimes be difficult for a parent to decide whether or not to send their children to school when they wake up with early symptoms of an illness or complaints that they do not feel well. In general, during cold and flu season, unless your child is significantly ill, the best place for them to be is in school. Still, there are some situations in which it is best to plan on keeping your child home for a day to rest or to arrange for an appointment with your health care provider.
The following are a few such situations:
- Persistent fever greater than 100.4 orally, including a fever that requires control with medication, like Tylenol
- Child is too sleepy or ill from an illness, like vomiting and/or diarrhea, to profit from sitting in class all day
- Significant cough that make a child feel uncomfortable or disrupts the class
- Sore throat that is severe, accompanied by fever and/or feeling ill, that persists longer than 48 hours, OR after known exposure to a confirmed case of Streptococcal throat infection
- Honey-crusted sores around the nose or mouth or rash on other body parts that might be impetigo; OR a rash in various stages including boils, sores and bumps that may be children pox; OR a significant rash accompanied by other symptoms of illness such as fever
- Red, runny eyes that distract the child from learning
- Large amount of discolored nasal discharge, especially if accompanied by facial pain or headache
- Severe ear pain or drainage from the ear
- Severe headache, especially if accompanied by fever
- Any condition that you think may be serious or contagious to others
Finally, if you know your child is still running a fever, do NOT simply give them Tylenol and send them to school. Please keep your child home until they are fever free for 24 hours without medication. Remember, whenever you keep your child home from school, please call the main office in advance of the start of the school day and leave a message that your child will be absent.
Please feel free to contact the school with any questions or concerns. We know that with parents as partners we can keep our children strong and healthy and ensure their presence in school each day!
Sincerely,
Anna Dimilta
Principal
RSS Feed
