Nurse

Parents need to provide the school nurse with medical information regarding their student. This can be completed with your online registration and by visiting the school nurse at any time.  Proper paperwork will need to be completed by parents and physicians with certain student issues. Please see the school nurse for any questions or concerns.

District Clinic Information

Illnesses at School

Students running a fever of 100 degrees or above  should not be sent to school in the morning. If your child begins to run a fever during the school day, arrangements will be made for the child to be picked up from school by a parent or emergency contact. Students need to be fever-free for 24 hours before returning to school.

Special Health Concerns

Students with special health concerns (asthma, seizure disorder, diabetes, severe food allergies, etc.) must have an emergency action plan on file every school year. This information is crucial to keep your child safe during the school day. Please print the appropriate form and take it to your child's doctor. Return the form to school promptly with the required emergency medication and medication forms.

Administering Medications

If your child requires medication taken during the school day, it will be administered according to district policy. A completed medication form is required for each medication brought to school.

District Policy:

"The giving of medicine by the nurse, principal, or designee shall be restricted to that which is necessary and cannot be given on an alternative schedule.

Prescription medicines will be in the original pharmacy/prescriber labeled container showing:

• student's name
• name of the medicine
• dosage and administration schedule
• prescriber's name
• date purchased

The student's authorized prescriber must be a medical professional with prescriptive authority such as a physician, dentist, orthodontist, etc. The district will not administer the first dose of an initial prescription." 

Immunizations

All students must have documentation on file of up-to-date immunization status, including month, day, and year of each immunization before they can attend school. Immunizations can be scheduled through your pediatrician's office or the St. Charles Department of Community Health Clinic.

Religious and medical exceptions are allowed. The appropriate exemption card must be on file. Unimmunized children are subject to exclusion from school when outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases occur.

Resources

• Head Lice Fact Sheet
  This information is provided by the City of St. Charles School District concerning identification and treatment of head lice.
• St. Charles County Health Department
  The public health department offers numerous services to St. Charles community members, including vaccinations, WIC, and environmental health information.
• Kids Health
  This website is a great resource. It provides information for parents, teens, and children about staying healthy, how the body works, first aid, nutrition, and much more.
• Resources for Teachers
  Administering Epipen Tutorial