Health Guidelines:
For the safety of our students, faculty, and staff, sick children should not be sent to school. If they are running a fever (this is usually when they are contagious) they should be kept at home. A child needs to be completely free from fever for 24 hours (without medication to bring it down) before returning to school. However, if a child has vomiting and/or diarrhea, they could be contagious. (depending on cause - foodpoisoning, virus, etc.) They should be symptom free for 24 hours before returning to school.
If a child has been seen by a physician and prescribed antibiotics, they need to take the medication for 24 hours before returning to school.
Terri Beeler, Clinic Coordinator
Communicable diseases and /or symptoms of communicable diseases for which children may be sent home from school include but are not limited to:
- Pediculosis - lice infestation and nits
- Scabies - skin mite infestation
- Chicken pox - blister-like skin rash
- Conjunctivitis - "Pink Eye"
- Diarrhea illnesses
- Vomiting
- Influenza
- Measles
- Meningitis
- Mumps
- Staphylococcal diseases - Impetigo, boils, skin lesions
- Streptococcal diseases - Strep throat, scarlet fever, impetigo
- Illnesses causing the student to have a fever
Please feel free to call Terri at the school, 521-6054, or email her at tbeeler@bereanchristian.org with any health concerns or questions.
