Important reminder from the Memorial School Health Office
As many of you are aware from the news, flu season is here. If your child is showing symptoms of the flu, it is important to consult with a doctor. If your child is diagnosed with the flu/and or shows flu symptoms such as fever, it is important to keep him/her home. Symptoms of the flu can include fever, cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, body aches, headache, chills, fatigue and sometimes vomiting and diarrhea.
Please remember, when students are sick with fever or vomiting or diarrhea, they need to be out of school for at least 24 hours after they are symptom free.
Please keep your child home if they have a fever of 100 degrees or higher, 24-hour fever free without using fever reducing medications such as tylenol or advil to recover and to help minimize spread of germs. This helps ensure that they do not spread their illness to others. This includes days that there are special school activities- it can be hard to miss these special days but it’s important to follow the guidelines and not spread germs.
Please take a look at this link from the CDC for helpful information about the flu:
If your child has been diagnosed with a contagious illness, please notify the school nurse. Please also notify nurse if your child has strep throat. The child should stay home on antibiotics and fever free for at least 24 hours. This is very important because some students must notify their doctor of any exposures. It is helpful to inform nurse on absentee line as to what symptoms your child is exhibiting. The nurse tracks trends of illness to help keep school healthy.
Thank you for helping to keep Memorial School healthy!
Anna Cook
School Nurse