Welcome to the Elm Drive health office!
For your child's safety, appropriate summer footwear is needed for PE and outdoor recess. Sneakers are best but if sandals are worn, they should have a heel strap. Many children are prone to tripping in Crocs and no flip flops please!
It's great to see so many children bringing healthy snacks and/or lunches. Feel free to send in a water bottle anytime, especially on the warm days.
Please continue to encourage frequent handwashing and the proper use of hand sanitizer; covering coughs and sneezes into the elbow and staying home when sick. For any illness, your child must be fever free for at least 24 hours without the use of fever reducing medication before returning to school.
Please call the office when they are absent and send in a note when they return. Thank you!
H1N1 Flu Updates
For our current school closure policies, and for recommendations on reducing the spread of H1N1 and other flu viruses, please read the June 8th, 2009 letter from the Department of Health.
Read the Superintendent's Letter dated September 8th, 2009 for new information about the H1N1 Flu virus.
Additional Information
All children entering Kindergarten and Second Grade, as well as those new to the district, are required to have a health appraisal (physical). Either the school health appraisal form or the pediatrician’s form can be used. A health appraisal done within twelve months of the start of the school year is valid. The following immunizations are required for entry to school:
- 3 diptheria, tetanus, pertussis
- 3 hepatitis B
- 3 polio
- 2 measles and 1 dose each of mumps and rubella (or 2 MMR’s)
- 1 varicella (chicken pox)
Whenever your child receives a new immunization, please send in an updated copy of the immunization record.
Click on this link: Health Office Forms for Health Appraisal, Dental, Food Allergy and Medication permission forms.
If your child requires any medication in school, including over the counter, the following are required:
- A written order from the health care provider for the medication to be given in school as well as signed consent by the parent. The order must be renewed for each school year.
- The medication must be brought in to school by an adult with the original pharmacy label. Never send any kind of medication to school with your child.
Please call or email me with any questions or concerns. Thank you.
Terri Donovan R.N.
845.677.4225 x104
theresa.donovan@millbrookcsd.org