Health & Nurse's Office
Health Services
Optimal learning requires good emotional and physical health. Chicopee Public Schools Health Services works together with families and the community for children’s health. The School Nurse at each school works with the school administrator to provide an environment that promotes optimal wellness and safety for all students. The School Nurse provides individualized quality health care for students, emphasizes health education at all levels and utilizes available community and school resources to promote an overall healthy lifestyle for students, staff, and families.
Health Services involve:
Conducting health screenings Providing specialized health care and services Assessing and evaluating growth and development Monitoring of students immunizations Acting as a resource for students, parents, and staff Providing individual health counseling to service emotional and physical health needs Identifying and referring possible pediatric and adolescent health problems for early diagnosis and treatment Evaluating and monitoring communicable diseases Acting as a special education team member for children with special needs. Serving as a liaison with parents and community health agencies Providing educational and promotional activities for healthy lifestyles of our students and staff
Vision and Hearing Screenings
Mandatory vision screening is performed at your child's school for grades Pre-K-5, grade 8 and grade 10. You will be notified in the mail if your child does not pass the screening. Please have the notice filled out by your eye doctor and return to your school nurse.
Mandatory hearing screening is performed yearly at your child's school for grades Pre-K-3, grade 8 and grade 10. If you receive a letter in the mail, please have your child's physician fill it out and return to the school nurse.
WHEN TO KEEP YOUR CHILD HOME FROM SCHOOL
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There are times when your child should remain home for their own welfare. The following guidelines are used to dismiss children from school, and may be used to determine when your child should stay home.
- When they have a contagious illness: flu, strep throat, covid, etc. If the doctor places your child on medication, they must be on the medication for 24 hours before returning to school.
- When your child has an undiagnosed fever or rash. If your child has chicken pox, they must remain home until the lesions have scabbed over and no new ones have appeared.
- When your child has a fever over 100 in the past 24 hours. They must remain home until they are without fever for 24 hours without the use of fever reducing medications such as acetominophen or ibuprofen.
- If your child has head lice. Once your child has been treated for head lice, you need to bring your child to the school nurse with the empty product container that you used. The school nurse will recheck your child's head and as long as the situation is improved and there are no live lice, your child may remain in school.
- When your child has been vomiting or has had diarrhea and was sent home from school, or in the morning before school. Your child should not have had any vomiting or diarrhea for 24 hours before returning to school.
You are advised to call your School Nurse if you have any questions about when to keep your child home. We are hear to help!