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WISHING YOU ONGOING HEALTH
RETURN TO SCHOOL INFORMATION
We welcome you to another great year at the Dorothy L. Bullock School. We are here to help ensure the ongoing health and safety of your children. To assist us in this, we ask that make sure that any updated health/medical information is provided ot the school nurse. Please call the school nurse office to discuss any acute or chronic medical concerns that may be impacting your child. Feel free to call the school nurse office or send an e-mail. Contact information is provided below..
The school nurses, Mrs. Dunn and Mrs. Tamaska will assess each student who presents in the school nurse office. If your child is experiencing illness or a significant injury we will call you to pick your child up from school. Please have a plan in place to pick up children from school, when requested by the school nurse.
WE CONTINUE TO NEED YOUR HELP IN WORKING TOGETHER
Please help to contribute to the overall health of our school by keeping your child home from school when they are sick. This will help to prevent spread and re-circulation of germs and communicable illness. As a reminder, children who have been ill need to be fever free for 24 hours (without use of fever-reducing medications) and free from symptoms of gastro-intestinal illness (vomiting/diarrhea) for 24 hours. Children with repetitive, harsh coughing and other acute cold symptoms should remain home from school until symptoms markedly improved. We appreciate your assistance in these matters. It will also be beneficial to the sick child to take the time they need to get over illness and to build up resistance, prior to return to school.
Sincerely,
Marian Dunn, R.N., School Nurse
856-652-2700- extension 4311/ mdunn@gpsd.us
Judee Tamaska, R.N., School Nurse
856-652-2700- extension 4311 or 4312
fax 856.881.7587
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MEDICATION IN SCHOOL
If your child requires medication during school hours, please contact the school nurse office. School Nurse will assist you to acquire the necessary forms which need to be completed annually by your licensed medical provider and yourself. The forms are available on the District Nurse Web Page. Due to state regulations, no medications can be administered in school without an order from a licensed medical provider. Please do not send medications to school without an accompanying medical order, as this medication cannot be administered.
If your child had orders for school medication last school year, forms for medication administration were sent home at end of last school year.
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HANDWASHING IS THE KEY ACTIVITY
By far, the most important surface to clean is the surface of your hands! Hand hygiene is the biggest, simplest, cheapest step you can take to protect yourself from communicable respiratory and viral illnesses. But it only works if you do it, properly and consistently, before eating or touching your face, or after touching high-touch public surfaces such as doorknobs. As for the phone—yes, that is the highest-yield surface in the house to keep clean, because we touch our phones so often. The rest of the house is a much lower priority to clean, so long as we are careful to clean our hands when we come home!”
— Paul Pottinger, MD Professor of Medicine, Division of Allergy & Infectious Diseases, University of Washington School of Medicine
Washing your hands properly takes about as long as singing "Happy Birthday" twice,
Image from World Health Organization
When to Wash Your Hands
Germs can spread easily between other people and through contaminated surfaces, so be especially sure to wash your hands after being in public places with frequently touched surfaces, such as grocery stores, coffee shops, or gas stations. Be sure not to touch your eyes, nose, or mouth with unwashed hands, and always wash your hands before you eat or prepare food. If you touch your phone with unwashed hands, do not hold your phone to your face until your hands are washed and your phone is disinfected.Other times to wash your hands include:
Before, during, and after preparing food
Before eating
Before and after caring for someone who is sick
After using the bathroom
After changing a diaper or helping your child use the bathroom
After blowing your nose, coughing, or sneezing (and be sure to sneeze or cough into your elbow or a tissue)
After handling an animal, animal food, or animal waste
After handling trash or taking out the garbage
After touching commonly-touched surfaces, such as doorknobs, electronic devices, or shopping carts
