Health Office Spring Newsletter

The nurses would like to remind parents/guardians to have this discussion with their students everyday. Some suggestions we encourage students to make sure they have in their bag the night before school are:

• WATER BOTTLE
• Snack
• Weather gear (e.g. hat and gloves, jacket, closed toe shoes, etc.)
• If applicable and consented by the nurse to self carry, rescue medication such as EpiPen and/or inhaler

Making sure your student has the above essentials will help them be their best self while at school!

Head lice are a common occurrence in schools and can be easily treated. We want to share information to help you identify, treat and prevent the spread of lice:

• https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/lice/head/index.html
• https://www.holliston.k12.ma.us/district-departments/health-office

With the knowledge that the students have sleepovers, birthday parties, organized overnights, and play dates, we hope sharing this information with everyone in our school community will help decrease the spread of head lice. Over the next few months, we recommend that you periodically check your student’s hair for any signs of head lice. It is best to do a head check in natural sunlight.

If you find lice on your student, please notify your school nurse so we can help. Your student may return to school as soon as the medicated shampoo/treatment has been used and there are no adult louse present.

Gentle reminders:

• Cover sneezes and coughs with tissues (if there are no tissues, use your elbow 💪).
• Remember to wash hands frequently, especially when coming inside from outdoor play.
• If your student takes allergy medication, please make sure to provide it to your student before they come to school.
• Please make sure your student has a water bottle for school and encourage extra hydration to alleviate symptoms.

As a reminder, the school nurses cannot apply sunscreen and/or bug spray without the medication and a medication order from your student's provider. Please refer to the Medication Administration guidance on our district website if application during the school hours is necessary: https://www.holliston.k12.ma.us/district-departments/health-office

With the warm weather approaching, we wanted to remind families to be vigilant about insect bites. Please review the below guidance

• https://www.childrenshospital.org/conditions/tick-bites
  
• https://globalhealth.childrenshospital.org/conditions/bee-stings

This year, we had our very first HHS Health Office Intern - Emma Devine! She did an AMAZING job creating this Health Office bulletin board. She provided her fellow students with some self-treatment strategies for dealing with a headache - information we can all use! THANK YOU, Emma, for helping your HPS community stay healthy!

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