Welcome Back Letter 2018-2019 School Year
Palmyra-Eagle School District employs a Registered Nurse part time to provide school related health services district wide. The School Nurse is responsible for coordinating and managing the health needs of individual students during the school day, as well as promoting health and safety for all students at their school. Nurses provide direction, training, and delegation to the secretaries in each of the schools.
Illness/Injury:
Minor illness or injury in a student while at school will be taken care of by a health room assistant, or other staff member who is trained to handle these situations. In case of serious illness or injury, district staff will provide basic care and use emergency medical services by calling 9-1-1 and parent(s)/guardian(s).
Please keep your student home for 24 hours post fever (fever>100.0) without the use of antipyretic medication (Tylenol, Advil, Ibuprofen). In addition, please keep them home when they have had vomiting or a diarrheal illness for a minimum of 24 hours past the last episode. Students will be sent home with these illnesses as well as a fever as they may be contagious to other students.
When calling in a student absence please be specific on the illness as this is helpful information when determining if an outbreak illnesses is at the school, therefore we are able to notify parents/guardians to the situation in a timely manner.
Medications:
If it is necessary for your child to receive medication during school hours, specific school district forms must be completed prior to administration of medication. This form is completed on an annual basis. For prescription medication, the signatures of a parent/guardian and a health care provider are required. For over-the-counter medications, only a parent signature is required(unless you are requesting more than the manufacturer’s recommendation (via bottle). All prescription medications must be brought to school in the original pharmacy-labeled container. All over-the-counter medications must be in the original packaging. No Elementary or middle school students may have any medication in his or her possession while in school. Medications will be kept in a secured area in the health room /office. The only exception is that students who need inhalers, epi pens or glucagon will be allowed to carry it on the person. However, it is highly encouraged to leave emergency medication in the office for easy access in an emergency situation.
You can obtain Administering Medication forms from any school office or visit Palmyra Eagle School District Web page - Pupil Services –Health Services: Administering Medication Form
Immunizations:
2018-19 Student Immunization Requirements
Wisconsin state law requires all public and private school students to present written evidence of immunization against certain diseases within 30 days of admission. These requirements can be waived only if a properly signed health, religious, or personal conviction waiver is filed with the school. The purpose of the law is to help establish and maintain optimum health of all students.
The following are the minimum required immunizations for each age/grade level according to the Wisconsin Student Immunization Law. Additional immunizations may be recommended for your child depending on his/her age. Please contact your doctor or local health department to determine your student needs additional immunizations.
Grade/Age Number of Doses
Pre-K (ages 2 -4 yrs) 4DTaP/DTP/DT 3 Polio 3 Hepatitis B 1 MMR 1 Varicella
5K – Gr.5 4 DPaP/DTP/DT/Td 4 Polio 3 Hepatitis B 2 MMR 2 Varicella
Grades 6-12 4 DTaP/DTP/DT/Td 1 Tdap 4 Polio 3 Hepatitis B 2 MMR 2 Varicella
Please see Immunizations forms and age/grade requirements: Student Immunization Requirements
Parents may access their student’s immunization record per Wisconsin Immunization Registry (WIR) at this link: https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/immunization/wir.htm
Vision & Hearing Screenings:
Annual Vision & Hearing screenings are held in the elementary schools in the fall. The grades that will be screened annually are the following:
Vision: 4K, 5K, 1, 3, 5
Hearing 4k, 5K, 1, 3
Vision & Hearing screenings are available for all other students upon parent request at any time during the school year.
Please be sure you update your emergency contact information throughout the school year as well as the person you have noted to be an emergency contact person. In the event that you cannot be reached this emergency contact person will be called to pick up your student.
Please feel free to contact the School Nurse, Lisa Jensen, RN at ljensen@peasd.org or 262-443-0792.
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