Health records are maintained for each student. Parents need to notify the school office when immunizations are given by the family physician. A child who is ill should not be sent to school. Children with running noses, sneezing, coughing, fever; etc. should stay home until symptoms disappear to prevent other children from becoming ill also. (Do not return your child to school until the fever has been gone 24 hours.) Children requiring medication should stay at home because the staff is not permitted to administer medication. When a child becomes ill at school he/she is sent to the office and the guardian will be called to take the child home. In case of injury, if the parent or family physician cannot be reached, the child will be taken to the emergency room of one of the nearest hospitals. We will use the hospital designated by the child’s physician if known. MERCY SCHOOL DOES NOT ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PAYMENT OF HOSPITAL OR DOCTOR FEES.

Children should be kept at home at least 24 hours after:

• vomiting/diarrhea stops
• fever becomes
• normal antibiotic regimen has started for strep-throat

Students diagnosed with head or body lice will be sent home and may return to school the day after treatment to remove this lice is given.

Chicken-pox: A child who is diagnosed as having chicken-pox will be sent home. They may not return to school until after the pox has dried up and is no longer contagious. This will take approximately 9 days. Young children need 10-12 hours of sleep each night. Parents have the responsibility to see that their children go to bed early on school nights and waken early enough in the morning to eat a nourishing breakfast in a calm, well organized atmosphere, without being rushed. To aim your child at being asleep between 8:00-9:00 pm and up in the morning between 6:00-7:00 am, in plenty time to dress and eat breakfast is a good plan to keep to.