December 12-Holiday Concert

December 22-January 1 ( Holiday Break)

January 2-School Resumes

The performance date: December 12th, 2018 at the PAC Auditorium.

Performance Times: Call Time (meet in the green room)

5:30 PM – Kindergarten & 1st Grade (Meet in Green Room at 5:20 PM)

6:15 PM – 2nd & 3rd Grade (Meet in Green Room at 6:05 PM)

7:00 PM – 4th & 5th Grade (Meet in Green Room at 6:50 PM)

Congratulations to our Shay Elementary students for becoming finalists int he 106KHQ Radio Competition once again.

We are including a link below you can use to listen to all the entries and vote for your favorite.

Please pass this along and share with friends and family.

Summary

• Head lice spread by crawling from one person’s hair to another’s.
  
• They’re usually spread amongst people who are in close contact, such as family or school classmates.
  
• Anyone can be infested, and there is no obvious relationship to hair cleanliness. However parents who wash their children’s hair frequently will find them quicker.
  

Symptoms

Two common signs of head lice are:

1. An extremely itchy scalp, especially around the nape of the neck, behind the ears, under the fringe and at the top of plaits or a pony tail.
2. Scratch marks or a rash on the scalp.

How to check for head lice

1. Check the person’s scalp for insects or eggs.
2. Use a fine-tooth comb on wet hair, as this makes it easier to find any lice.
3. Pay particular attention to the crown and the hairline – especially at the back of their neck and behind their ears.

Treatment

The two most common head lice treatment methods are ‘wet combing’ and ‘chemical treatment’.

• Wet combing – wet the hair and scalp with conditioner (this makes it easier to see the head lice) then comb the lice and eggs out. It’s best to use the fine metal combs or special head lice combs you can get from a pharmacy.
• Chemical shampoo or lotion (containing insecticide) – this will kill the lice and eggs.

Always re-treat 7–10 days after the first treatment to kill any head lice that may have hatched from eggs that survived the first treatment.

Prevention

• Brush your hair every day, as this can help to kill or injure lice and stop them from laying eggs. If you have long hair it is best to bend your head forward with your hair hanging down and use a firm bristled brush.
• Don't share brushes, combs, headbands, ribbons, hairclips, helmets or hats – basically anything that has direct contact with someone’s head.
• Having short hair – or wearing your hair in a ponytail if it’s long – makes it less likely you’ll catch head lice.
• If you do get head lice in your family, treat everyone that has them at the same time, as this can help reduce the chance of re-infestation.
• Regularly check your children for head lice – e.g, every week.

Can you help make a Girl Scout experience happen in Harbor Springs? We have about 20 girls interested in Girl Scouts but we need a leader! The time requirement would be every other week for an hour, usually during the school year. We have online training and in person training too. The $25 registration fee will be waived as a Thank you!

If interested please email or call Judy Koronka, jkoronka@gsmists.org or 989-255-2291.

Judy Koronka

Recruitment and Support Manager

Girl Scouts of Michigan Shore to Shore

1820 Oak Hollow Drive

Traverse City, MI 49686

Ph: 989.255.2291 | Traverse City Service Center: 231.947.7354| Fax: 616-784-8187

JKoronka@gsmists.org | www.gsmists.org | facebook.com/gsmists | tw

Attached is the flyer about the STEM Academy for Girls coming up this Saturday, December 8th from 10:30am to noon. Please share it with families and encourage them to call and register their girls for this great opportunity to explore STEM careers of all kinds.

If you have questions or need more information, feel free to call me on my cell phone: 231.675.6025 or email me:info@miravenhill.org