Student Health Policy

The school office will provide emergency first aid or sick care until the students are in their parent’s care. To carry out this function the office must have current and accurate contact and medical information.

Sick children need to be kept home from school. Resting at home will help them get better quicker and will prevent them from exposing other children or the staff to their illness.


Keep your child home and consult with your child’s Primary Care Provider if they:

  • Have a temperature greater than 100⁰F taken with an oral thermometer

  • Have nausea (upset stomach) or vomiting

  • Have diarrhea (frequent, loose, watery stools); symptoms may include cramps, bloating, nausea and an urgent need to have a bowel movement

  • Have stomach pain that is constant

  • Have a headache that is interfering with activities

  • Have a sore throat that causes difficulty swallowing

  • Have yellow discharge on eye lashes in the morning that comes back after being wiped from lashes and eyes that are red (Pinkeye/conjunctivitis)

  • Have a skin rash that causes itching and/or is on most of the body (not diagnosed as psoriasis)

  • Have a constant cough and/or difficulty breathing

  • Are complaining of feeling ill, has a lack of energy and/or a decrease in activity


What will happen if your child gets sick at school?

If your child gets sick at school, they will be seen by office personnel. As a rule, students are not permitted to stay in the office for more than 60 minutes. Students who have vomited or have a fever of at least 100 degrees will be sent home. If the office determines your child is sick, then you will be called to pick them up. Therefore, it is important that you provide the school with up-to-date information and phone numbers. If you are not available to pick up your child within 30 minutes, it is important that the school has emergency contact phone numbers of persons that can pick up your child in your absence. Parents who fail to pick up their sick child from the office on multiple occasions may be asked not to re-enroll in the future.


When may your child return to school?

Your child may return to school when symptoms (e.g. vomiting or diarrhea) are gone for 24 hours or if your child has taken the antibiotic prescribed by the health provider for a full 24 hours. If your child has been ill for more than three days, documentation from your health care provider will be needed. Please keep your child home until they have been fever free for 24 hours without medication. Students who are sent home during the school day with a fever, vomiting, and diarrhea will not be allowed to return to school the next day as this would not allow for the 24-hour protection of the entire school community.


For more information on this, and all other health related policies, please view the student handbook.