Parent Information
Your child must also be fever-free for 24 hours before returning to school.
Never medicate your child for fever and then send him or her to school.
Please contact the office with any special needs or concerns you have for your child.
Student Health Information
All students transferring into the River Edge School District, as well as kindergartners, second graders and fifth graders are required to hand in an up-to-date physical. Heights, weights and BMI will be done annually at the beginning of each school year. Vision and hearing screenings will be done annually on each student as well.
All absences must be reported to the Nurse's office attendance line. Please state your child's name, teacher, and the reason for the absence. You will be called if your child does not report to school and no message was received. Please note that a doctor's note is required after three or more days' absence.
If your child has any of the following symptoms, he/she must remain at home until he/she is symptom-free for 24 hours:
FEVER VOMITING
PERSISTENT COUGH DIARRHEA
STREP THROAT RASH
DIFFICULTY BREATHING PINK EYE
New Jersey Department of Health : School Exclusion List
School Exclusion List.pdf
ADMINISTERING MEDICATION
The administration of prescribed medication to a pupil during school hours will be permitted only when failure to take such medicine would jeopardize the health of the pupil, or the pupil would not be able to attend school if the medicine were not made available to him/her during school hours. Medication shall include all medicines prescribed by a physician, both over the counter and prescription.
Before any medication may be administered to or by any pupil during school hours a written request from the parent/guardian and the physician is required.
The written request must include;
the purpose of the medication
the dosage
the time at which the medication shall be given
the length of time for which the medication is prescribed
the possible side effects of the medication
The written request for prescribed medication will be kept on file in the office of the school nurse. All medications shall be securely stored and kept in the original labeled containers. All medications shall be administered by the school nurse, the parent/guardian or the pupil himself/herself, where the parent/guardian so permits and the pupil's physician has authorized.