We are in the thick of cold and flu season. The best defense is a good offense: keep up with flu and covid vaccines, get plenty of rest, hydrate well, and eat nutritious food. Kids can be at school with cold symptoms such as a cough, headache, sore throat unless they have a fever of 100.4 or higher in which case they should stay home until the morning they no longer have a fever.

We are working to keep kids focused on school. Please instruct your kids that if they feel unwell, to ask their teacher for a pass to the health office. If I think your child needs to go home from school early, I will contact you. If you hear from your student directly, they probably have not seen me for an assessment. Of course, you always have the right to pick up your child.

The health office is currently out of the over the counter medications (ibuprofen and acetaminophen), and hope to receive more stock in early 2025. As a reminder, when they are back in stock, we are able to offer pain medication 2 times per school year. If more is needed, an order from a healthcare provider is needed along with the student’s own bottle of medication.

Should your student be in pain from muscle strain or menstrual cramps, consider medicating them for pain before the school day as directed on the medication.

Feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns. Email is best because I am tending to students and can’t always answer the phone nor talk for long, email is best: Margaret.mclean@sweetwaterschools.org.