The health and safety of your child while he/she is at school is important to the admin- istration and staff at the Alcester-Hudson Elementary School. If your child becomes sick or injured while at school, the school nurse will evaluate each situation and notify parents when necessary.

 

Please keep your child at home when he/she is ill. These guidelines need to be followed when deciding when the child may return to school -

 

·         Influenza - Go by recommendation of your health care provider;

·         Strep throat - 24 hours after diagnosis and the start of medication-providing temperature is down;

·         Covid – following CDC guidelines or recommendation of health care provider

·         Stomach flu/diarrhea - 24 hours after the last incidence of vomiting or diarrhea; and on a regular diet.

·         Fever-24 hours after temperature has not exceeded 100 degrees; without fever reducing medication.

·         Pink eye/eye infection - 24 hours after diagnosis and treatment has been started;

·         Ringworm - May attend school if the area is under treatment and covered;

·         Mononucleosis - May attend school with the physician’s permission;

·         Head Lice – Parents should check their children’s hair on a regular basis and treat promptly if needed. Please inform the school if your household has head lice so we can monitor the students. Students will be checked for head lice if symptomatic. Students who come in frequent, close contact with a child who had head lice may be checked at school. If nits are found, the student may remain at school. Parents will be notified and treatment may begin at the conclusion of the school day. If live, crawling lice are found, parents will be notified immediately and strongly encouraged to pick the child up and begin the treatment process. Student’s head will be rechecked when he/she return to school the following day

The school nurse will be available each day from 8:30 A.M. to 3:30 P.M. Please call during these hours if you have any questions or concerns.

According to guidelines recommended by the State Department of Health, the Alcester- Hudson Elementary School will use the following guidelines concerning prescription medications which need to be given during school hours.

 

·         A form signed by a parent/guardian consenting to the administration of all medications during the school day must be on file at the Alcester-Hudson Elementary School.

This form consists of the following:

Ø  Student’s name

Ø  Date

Ø  Diagnosis of student’s illness or condition, if known

Ø  Name of medication to be administered

Ø  Amount of medication and the time of administration

Ø  Method of administration

Ø  Duration of treatment

Ø  Precautions/reactions to observe or report

 

·         A parent/guardian or designated responsible adult should deliver to the school all medications to be administered by school nurse or school secretary. If this medication is to be delivered to the school by the student, the school must be notified by the parent ahead of time. The school nurse will notify the parent if this has been violated.

·         Medication provided to the school employee by parent/guardian must be in the original container from the pharmacy. (Please ask your pharmacist for a bottle to be kept at school.)

In order to ensure the safety of all our students, we ask that you cooperate with us in these new guidelines. The school nurse will provide training to a specific school employee to supervise self-administration of medications in the absence of the school nurse.

The school nurse will keep documentation of each medication brought to the school and administered during school hours. The name of the student, medication given, dosage, and time given will be charted and kept on file in the nurse’s office.

 

Should your child require over-the-counter medications, it must be sent from home following the same guidelines as prescription medications.

Penalty for having any prescription medication in school that has not been pre- sented to the office as indicated above will be handled appropriately and may result in suspension or expulsion from school.
 

All students entering the Alcester-Hudson school must comply with South Dakota State Law (SDCL 13-28-7.1) (Rev. 2000). This law requires any pupil entering school or an early childhood program in the state shall, prior to admission, be required to present to school authorities’ certification from a licensed physician that the child has received, or is in the process of receiving, adequate immunization against poliomyelitis, diphtheria, pertussis, MMR, tetanus, and Varicella (chickenpox), according to the recommendations of the State Department of Health or provides their certificate of immunization indicating medical or religious exemption to the immunization law. This law applies to all children entering a South Dakota school district for the first time. In order to comply with the above state law, all students entering the district at the start of the school year will be required to present records of up-to-date immunizations or will. not be allowed to attend school until such time the necessary immunizations have been scheduled.

 

 

For all transfer students throughout the year, complete immunization records must be produced within 45 days of admission.

All students must have the following immunizations (dosage) before they enter kindergarten: DTaP: 4 doses of DTaP serum (4th dose given after fourth birthday)

Polio: 3 doses of Travalent oral polio or 4 doses of inactivated poliomyelitis vaccine (one dose must be given after fourth birthday)

 

MMR: 2 doses of MMR (measles/mumps/rubella) serum

 

Varicella: 2 doses of Varicella (Chickenpox)

 

New 6th Grade Requirements:

Tdap: One dose of Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis vaccine on or after the 11th birthday.

MCV4: One dose of Meningococcal vaccine on or after the 11th birthday