Getting an annual flu shot may be your best defense. New guidelines recommend flu vaccine for all children 6 months thru 18 years of age. It is especially important for children 6 month to 5 years and children with chronic diseases. Influenza is a common viral respiratory infection. It is not “stomach flu.” Symptoms may […]
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From the Minnesota Department of Health.
When celebrating the holidays, keep an eye out for uninvited guests - germs! When you invite friends and family over for a holiday feast, remember to wash your hands with warm soapy water for 20 seconds before and after preparing food. Handwashing can prevent potentially fatal infections from spreading from […]
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Vision and hearing re-screening will be done on Wednesday, 10-22-08. If your student is re-screened and does not pass on that day, a letter will be mailed to your residence within a week.
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Vision and hearing screening will be done on Wednesday, 9-24-08.
Grades 1-5 and grade 8 will be screened. Please remind your child/children to wear contacts or eyeglasses next week!
If you would like your student/s in another grade screened, please contact health office at extension 355
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All medications from this school year will be sent home with student unless you notify health office staff otherwise. Enclosed with remaining medication will be form for administering medication during the 2008-09 school year. As always, a new physician’s order and parental permission is needed each year.
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Sixth grade parents,
Plan now to meet immunization requirements. Our goal for next fall is to have 100% of our students in compliance with immunization requirements on the first day of school. We need your help! Seventh grade students are required to have documentation of a Td booster, varicella (or history of chickenpox disease), 2nd MMR, […]
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Visit www.amberstick.org to learn about the amber stick which enables law enforcement to down load the profile of a child, vulnerable adult, or family member instantly in a squad car, which can then be immediately forwarded to the national Code AMBER Alert System. These sticks would be carried by parents or caregivers. Information […]
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St. Raphael’s follows the general policy of school district #281.
*If student has had a fever of 100 degrees or more, the student should stay home for 24 hours after the temperature has returned to normal without fever reducing medication.
*If student has vomited or had diarrhea, the student should stay home until 24 hours after the […]
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We are experiencing head lice again.
I will do a head check on 11-20-07 for all students in affected classroom.
Remember that head lice are able to live for about a month on a human host and attach their eggs (also known as “nits”) near the root of the hair shaft with […]
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