My name is Kelsey Konow and I have been the LES School Nurse since September 2022. I am looking forward to another great school year with all of the amazing students and staff members at the LES! If you ever have any questions or concerns, such as about when to keep your child home from school due to illness or injury, physical exam and immunization requirements, health concerns or allergies that your child has, or any other health related information about your child that would be important for me to know, please feel free to reach out to me via phone call at (860) 642-5765 or email at kelsey.konow@lebanonct.org. Please review the information listed below:
Annual Health Summary: An Annual Health Summary is sent out at the beginning of each school year so that I can review your child's most updated medical information. Please feel free to share any of your child's relevant health history, including allergies/sensitivities, past injuries or surgeries, health conditions, and if your child will need to take medication at school. If you have not returned this completed form already, please have it sent back to me as soon as possible.
Medications at School: Per school policy, a student cannot carry any medications in their backpack or lunchbox. Additionally, they can only take medications, whether prescription or over the counter, if a medication authorization form has been completed, dated, and signed by a doctor and it has been submitted to the school nurse. This form needs to be updated every year. If your child has any medication that they need to take at school, please contact the school nurse and it would need to be dropped off by a parent/guardian. If your child comes to school with any medications in their backpack, it will need to be kept in the health office locked medication cabinet until a parent/guardian can pick it up or submit a medication authorization form so it can be given at school. Please contact the school nurse with any questions or concerns about this school policy and if you would like a copy of a blank medication authorization form.
Allergies/Classroom Parties: Please speak with your child’s teacher before bringing any snacks, drinks, or goody bags to school for class parties as potential classroom allergies may impact what may or may not be distributed. Notification of acceptable food items for classroom parties will be communicated by your child’s teacher. Healthy snacks and treats are always encouraged. If your child has a food allergy and/or sensitivity, and there are specific foods you are comfortable with them eating for classroom parties, please contact the child's teacher and the school nurse about this.
Hand Washing: As we start a new school year, it is important to remind students about proper hand washing techniques to keep members of our LES community healthy. A hand washing information paper is attached to this newsletter; please review this with your child at home. Students will also be reminded about proper hand washing techniques while at school.
Physicals: The State of CT requires that students have a physical exam with updated immunizations within the last twelve months prior to the start of Preschool and Kindergarten. Please submit the necessary paperwork, as soon as possible, if you have not already done so. If your child is in a different grade than Preschool and Kindergarten but had a recent physical exam, please also submit that physical form and/or immunization record so that it can be kept in their medical file at school. These physical exam forms and vaccine records can be emailed to kelsey.konow@lebanonct.org, faxed to the school, or a paper copy can be dropped off.
Thank you so much and have a spectacular September!
Kelsey Konow, RN, BSN
School Nurse
Lebanon Elementary School
Phone: (860) 642-5765
Fax: (860) 642-3554
Email: kelsey.konow@lebanonct.org
