RSS Heath Corner - When do I need to keep my child home from school?
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends
you answer a few key questions:
Does your child have a fever?
Fever is generally a sign of illness, so children
should stay home from school.
Is your child well enough to participate in
class?
If he/she seems too run down to get much out of
her lessons, keep them at home.
Does he/she have an illness like the flu or pinkeye?
If so, don't let them go back to school until you know they are not
contagious.
Fever: Children should be fever free (<100.4°F) without use of fever
reducing medications, for 24 hours before returning to school.
Diarrhea: Keep your child home until their bowel movements are solid.
Students should have no toileting accidents.
Vomiting: Less than 2 episodes of vomiting in the last 24 hours and no
symptoms of dehydration or other symptoms (such as fever) are present.
Flu: Symptoms may be mild to severe. People who have flu often feel
some or all of these symptoms: Fever*, cough, sore throat, runny
or stuffy nose, body aches, headache, chills, fatigue, and sometimes
Rowan-Salisbury Band Chorus Students
Perform
An exciting Sunday
event in January for our
Rowan-Salisbury band
and chorus students
in the performance,
"Stars!" - Family
Concert with the
Salisbury Symphony
Orchestra.
RSS High Schools
The concert opener
included several of our
RSS brass students
playing side-by-side
with the orchestra on
music from Star Trek:
Abe Long, JJ Giddings
and Dylan Lord. The
next three numbers featured soloists from East Rowan and West Rowan high
schools. Madelyne Brenseke and Amber Norris performed a movement from
Telemann's Concerto for Two Chalumeaux (the predecessor of the clarinet), JJ
Giddings and Dylan Lord performed a movement from Vivaldi's Concerto for
Two Horns, and Melinda Thompson was the featured soloist on Chaminade's
Concertino for Flute.
diarrhea and vomiting. *Not everyone with flu will have a fever. Flu
symptoms can be very much like a cold, but the key is that flu symptoms
usually all appear at once.
Cold: Often starts with a sore throat, runny or stuffy nose. Symptoms
tend to last for 1 to 2 days. Fever is not typical with a cold – so unless
your child is uncomfortable, and just plain zapped of energy, they likely
have a cold and are fine to attend school.
“Pink Eye”: Symptoms may appear as redness or swelling in the white
parts of the eye(s), increased tears, itching/irritation or burning, discharge
from eye(s) and crusting of eyelids/lashes especially in the morning.
Symptoms may start in one eye or both. You should see a healthcare
provider if any of these symptoms are present and follow their directions
for returning to school.
To prevent spread of illness, encourage children to wash their hands
frequently. During cold and flu season this is especially important after
coughing, sneezing or blowing their nose.
Still unsure what to do? Ask your doctor if you should keep your child at
home.
Sharing information from our RSS Health Nurse:
Sharon H. Beck, BSN, RN, NCSN
Rowan Salisbury Schools
Lead Nurse
Groundhog Job Shadowing
Through a partnership with the Rowan County Chamber of Commerce, we
held our 3rd Annual Groundhog Job Shadow
Day. 150 students had the opportunity to
'shadow' in 50 businesses in our community.
This has grown since last year when we had 84
students and 39 businesses participating.
This year students enjoyed shadowing a
wide variety of careers such as dentistry,
salons, media production, restaurants,
medical, pharmaceutical, nursing, national
guard, radiology, veterinary, mechanics, law
enforcement, attorneys, and the list goes on...
Thanks to our CTE Department, under the
leadership of Director Mandy Mills, who did
an excellent job in matching students with
businesses for a memorable day.
Thanks to everyone for making this
possible for our students.
RSS 5th Grade Honors Chorus
Two of the numbers near the end of the concert featured the RSS 5th Grade
Honors Chorus (comprised of students from all of our elementary schools) on
"Swingin' on a Star" and Owl City's hit "Shooting Star."
It was a fantastic event, and we wanted to share with anyone who may have
missed it!
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