Please contact the Nurse, Stephanie Fichera via phone: 203-377-7041 or email: [email protected]
Welcome to the K-8 Health Office
Dear Parents/Guardians,
Illness
Your child is to stay home if they are experiencing any of the following symptoms
- Fever >100.0℉
- Cough
- Vomiting or Diarrhea
- Redness/drainage from the eyes
Students may return to school once they are fever-free for 24 hours without the use of fever-reducing medication, once they are free from vomiting or diarrhea for 24 hours and if prescribed antibiotics please wait 24 hours prior to returning to school after initiating treatment.
Students absent for three or more days in a row are required to provide a doctor's note upon their return to school.
Please see the
student handbook for more detailed information on specific illnesses.
Health Exams
All students entering kindergarten and transfer students must have a physical exam and proof of immunizations within 365 days of the start of the school year. Subsequent health examinations in grades three and six must be performed as required by law, and all immunizations must be kept up to date.
Medication in School
Medication authorization forms will need to be completely filled out by a physician and signed by a parent if your child should receive any medication during the school year. The medication form should be dated from the beginning of the school year until the end of the school year in the format of MM/DD/YYYY to MM/DD/YYYY. State Law requires that all medications, including over-the-counter, needs to be brought in the original container labeled with the child's name and is kept in the health office. Parents are asked to deliver any medication directly to the Health Office. Students are not permitted to have medication in their possession at school. Please be aware that each school year, a new medication authorization form needs to be completed. NO medications will be accepted without proper documentation (as stated above). All medications will need to be picked up by a parent/guardian by the last day of school, or they will be discarded.
Allergies
Saint Catherine of Siena is a peanut/tree nut/sesame sensitive school. Please do not send in snack or lunch items containing these allergens. In order to keep all our students with food allergies safe, we ask that no food be brought in for classroom celebrations without approval by the teacher in advance.