A Message From The GLHS Health Office

Welcome Back!

We hope that you have enjoyed a relaxing summer that has been filled with great adventures both big and small! We are glad that you are here and look forward to seeing you and welcoming any and all new faces to GL. 

A few reminders as we start:  

• If your child is not feeling well, please keep them  home and call/ email the Attendance Office, stating your child's name, grade and reason for the absence. 

• Any student requiring medications during school hours, are required to submit paperwork signed by their doctor for the current school year. Parents are required to  deliver medications to the Health Office in the original, labeled containers.

• All medical notes/ Phys Ed excuses should be turned into the Health Office only.  

• Please see below for the Respiratory Virus Guidelines that the Berkeley Heights School District is currently following

• The door to the Health Office is always open.  If we can help in anyway, please email (jringwood@bhpsnj.org or skruep@bhpsnj.org) or call the Health Office number listed above

Again, our most sincere welcome back to all, students, families and staff alike.  Working together is what makes GLHS the great place it is.  

Have a great year!

BHPS Respiratory Virus Guidelines

(Taken from the CDC)

When you may have a respiratory virus, stay home and away from others (including people you live with who are not sick) if you have respiratory virus symptoms that aren't better explained by another cause. These symptoms can include fever, chills, fatigue, cough, runny nose, and headache, among others.  You can go back to your normal activities when, for at least 24 hours, both are true:

• Your symptoms are getting better overall, and

• You have not had a fever (and are not using fever-reducing medication).

When you go back to your normal activities, take added precaution over the next 5 days, such as taking additional steps for cleaner air, hygiene, masks, physical distancing, and/or testing when you will be around other people indoors. This is especially important to protect people with factors that increase their risk of severe illness from respiratory viruses.

• Keep in mind that you may still be able to spread the virus that made you sick, even if you are feeling better. You are likely to be less contagious at this time, depending on factors like how long you were sick or how sick you were.

• If you develop a fever or you start to feel worse after you have gone back to normal activities, stay home and away from others again until, for at least 24 hours, both are true: your symptoms are improving overall, and you have not had a fever (and are not using fever-reducing medication). Then take added precaution for the next 5 days.