Nixon Health Office

Please do not send any medications in your child's lunchbox or backpack. All medication, prescription and non-prescription, needs to be dropped off by a parent to the health office. Medication needs to be in its original container. When a prescription is being filled, please have the pharmacist divide the medication between two containers, one for home and another for school.

Any child who has a fever, vomiting, diarrhea or green mucous discharge from the nose should not attend school. If your child develops these symptoms while attending school, you will be called to pick him/her up immediately.

It is appropriate for your child to return to school following illness:

• After 24 hours of antibiotic therapy for strep throat or other contagious bacterial or viral conditions
• After 24 hours without fever (many children with a night time fever will not manifest fever in the morning but will later in the day)
• Without vomiting, diarrhea or a rash
• Upon doctor recommendation, (if needed), documenting that a child is no longer infectious from a severe bacterial or viral illness

In addition, please keep your child home if you are awaiting the results of a culture.

It is imperative that the Health Office be notified immediately at the slightest suspicion that a child has or has been exposed to chickenpox. This can be life threatening for some of our Nixon students.

At no time should a child be passing candy out on the bus.
I know that children and parents only have the very best intentions and want to share something special with others they care about. If your child is bringing in a treat to share, please check with the classroom teacher in order to determine a safe treat is provided that all the students can enjoy. In order to keep all students safe, these guidelines must be carefully adhered to. I appreciate your efforts and concerns regarding this matter. Please call me with any questions you may have.

Vision and Hearing screenings will be conducted with the Nixon students in October/early November. Any students who are absent or do not initially pass the screening will be rescreened in November. Parents will be notified of those students who need to be referred to their physicians for further evaluation.

Fourth grade physicals are due in the health office. Thank you if you have already sent in a copy of your child's physical. If you have not yet provided the health office with a current physical, please do so as soon as possible.