Sneezing and Coughing and Snot! Oh My!!

Coughing and Sneezing and Snot...Oh My!!!

At preschool, we share everything, and right now, there seems to be a lot of germs going around.  Time to review SUMC's sick child policy.
Of course the obvious:  We consider these red lights.  Your child MAY NOT come to school if:

• Fever!  Your child must be fever free for 24 hours WITHOUT medication prior to returning to school. 
• No vomiting or diarrhea
• No discharge from eyes
• No rash that is not scabbed over
• excessive coughing or runny nose that the child is not able to contain themselves.  I admit this is somewhat of a shady area.  We are working on covering our cough and wiping our nose ourselves.  This is a task that would benefit your child to work on at home as well.  If your child is unable to take care of this themselves, I will help them, but with other students in the class an adult will not always be right there.  Excessive coughing or runny nose may result in a phone call from the school to come and pick up your child. 

Now yellow lights.....symptoms or times when your child maybe should not be a school

• If child has symptoms of illness or injury that will keep them from being a happy and active participant at school that day.
• child is very tired
• child is complaining of a tummy ache
• child is having a "rough morning"

If you keep your child home from school due to illness, it is imperative to call the school and report the absence.  If you leave a message, please state your name, your child's name, child's class, and reason for absence.  Please make sure to state if your child has a fever over 101 degrees.  We are required by the State of AZ to report certain illnesses, post certain communicable diseases and to help inform fellow parents of illnesses that may be spreading through the school.  Also, if we see a pattern of illness, it allows us to develop a game plan for proper elimination of unwanted germs. 

Speaking of game plan....this Saturday, November 5th is another room clean.  Our classroom would really benefit from a good deep clean.  Time is 7:30 am.  We are usually out by 10:00.

As always, please let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks!
Kate