“You can’t educate a child who isn’t healthy, and you can’t keep children healthy who are not educated”

The Ober Health Office is responsible for the daily management of sick and injured children, providing daily medications, health education, vision, hearing, and scoliosis screenings, and maintaining accurate health records for your child. We work together with parents to create a safe and healthy learning environment for your child. A school nurse is available on a limited basis, usually two days a week. A First Aid Safety Assistant (FASA) is available during school hours.

Communication
To ensure your child’s safety and health, please inform the Health Office of any significant changes in your child’s health that arise during the school year. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Health Office at 799-6077 ext. 4020. It is equally important that the school be able to reach you or a designated responsible adult in case of illness or emergency. Throughout the year, please update your child’s emergency information. When there is a new job, a new phone, or new babysitter, we need to have the updated information for your child’s records. Only parents and those persons listed under emergency contacts may pick up your child during school hours. **IMPORTANT NOTE** Should a child require immediate medical attention and a parent/guardian cannot be reached, 911 will be called. Parent/guardian will be responsible for any costs incurred.

Is My Child Too Sick For School?
One of the problems most often confronting parents of school age children occurs when a child complains of not feeling well on a school day. A decision must be made as to whether the child stays home or goes to school. You do not want to keep a child home if he is really not sick, but you also do not want to send a sick child to school. Please consider the following guidelines for sending/not sending children to school. Do not send your child to school if:
1. Temperature is over 100.0 F. Remember that Tylenol, Advil, etc. can mask the effects of a fever, try to take your child’s temperature before you give fever reducing medicine.
2. If your child has experienced vomiting or diarrhea during the night or in the morning. Please make sure your child is able to keep liquids down for at least 12 hours prior to returning to school. Your child should also be able to eat a meal before returning to school.
3. A cough that keeps a child awake at night, worsens with increased activity, or is combined with other symptoms. A cough that lingers an sounds deep and phlegmy should be evaluated by a physician.
4. A persistent red sore throat especially if tonsils are enlarged, or a fever, cough, or thick runny nose along with sore throat.
5. A severe and/or persistent earache.
6. Redness in the whites of eyes, yellow eye discharge and matted lashes are symptoms of conjunctivitis (pink eye). A doctor should be consulted for treatment as this is highly contagious.
7. A wide spread or unexplained rash. If your child’s rash is associated with an uncomfortable amount of itching, a fever, or it seems to be spreading, then please talk to your child’s doctor before taking to school.

Please do not send your child to school with instructions for the school nurse to determine if they are sick or injured. As a parent, you are the best judge of your own child’s wellness and medical needs.

Medication During School Hours
• Unless directed by your child’s doctor, medication that is given once, twice, or three times a day should be given at home.
• Parent/guardian must fill out Medication Authorization form in Health Office.
• Medications should be sent to school with a responsible person, preferably a parent/guardian.
• All medications must come in their original container. Prescription bottles must have the most recent prescription label.
• All medications will be given according to the prescription. No medication may be given at school without a prescription!

Screenings
All Kindergarten and 5th grade students will be screened for vision and hearing. Additional vision and hearing screening will be done at teacher or parent request.

Immunization Requirements
To enroll in a Nevada public or private elementary or secondary school, students must provide proof of immunization for the following:
• 4 DTP (one dose must have been given on or after the 4th birthday)
• 4 Polio (one dose must have been given on or after the 4th birthday)
• 2 MMR
• 2 Hepatitis A
• 3 Hepatitis B
• 1 Varicella