Nippersink District 2 Virtual Health Office

Health News

Welcome back to another wonderful school year! We would like to remind NSD2 families of ways you can help prevent the spread of illness in our schools:

• If your child has had a fever (any temperature above 100.3) they should be kept home for at least 24 hours after the fever has subsided WITHOUT the use of fever-reducing medications, such as Tylenol or Motrin. Masking a fever does not prevent the spread of illness to others.

• Any student with vomiting and diarrhea should be kept home until they have been symptom free for at least 24 hours and have kept down 2 solid meals.

• Please encourage your child to wash their hands frequently and especially after washroom use and before eating.

• Reinforce healthy behaviors at home, such as avoiding putting hands in their mouth, eyes or nose and covering coughs/sneezes with an elbow.

• Please consider how your child is feeling and acting before sending them to school. If your child wakes with a headache, stomachache, fatigue or general feeling of being unwell, it is recommended to monitor them at home. If the symptoms improve and they are able to participate in all school activities, you may bring them in later in the day.

• No medication may be given to any student by the school nurse without a Doctor's completed and signed Medication Authorization Form on file. If your child is ill enough that they will need pain or cough medicine to be given regularly throughout the day, then they should not be attending school and should be cared for at home. 

Please also remember the state deadline to turn in Pre-K, Kindergarten and 6th grade physicals and immunizations is October 15th. Any student out of compliance with this state mandate is to be excluded from school until all necessary documentation is received. This mandate also applies to any student entering an IL school for the first time.