May/June 2013 Nurses Notes
Annual Health/Emergency Contact Letter
For the 2013-2014 school year the Annual Health/Emergency form will
be sent to your home over the summer. Please mail or return the form by the
first day of school. Please make sure
you send it to the health office of the school where your student will be
attending in the fall. If
mailing, please mark the envelope “Attention
Health Office”.
Emergency
Action Plans
If your student has asthma, seizures, diabetes, severe food
allergies, or severe bee sting reactions, we request completion of forms
specific to these conditions yearly.
They will be sent home with your student before the end of this school
year. Please return them to school next
August with medications and doctor orders, as needed.
End of Year Medication Pick-up
Medications/Inhalers/Epi-Pens/etc
cannot be sent home with elementary and middle school students. Medications/Inhalers/Epi-pens/etc not
picked up cannot be discarded
due to the tighter pharmaceutical waste regulations. Please help the District curtail unnecessary
costs by picking up your student’s unused medication. We
recommend leaving rescue medication (Epi-Pens etc) at school until dismissal of
the last day. Please pick up all medications
no later than June 6, 2012 (by dismissal time).
Please
call your schools Health Office if you wish to make other arrangements.
Summer Camps
Asthma
camp, Diabetes Camps and more! Follow the link to the Health Services website
and click on “Summer Camps”.
Flip-flops are named for the sound they make when you walk — flip, flop, flip, flop — but they could have been called “ouch-umphs”, the sound you'll make after wearing them all the time. Researchers at Auburn University have found that wearing flip-flops alters the way one walks, changing the gait in subtle ways that can lead to serious sole, heel and ankle problems. Flip-flops might feel good because they keep your feet cool. At issue, though, is their utter lack of foot support.
Sandals with heel straps, heel cup, and not too flexible are the healthier choice because your foot doesn't need to clench to keep the footwear secure.
The
American Podiatric Medical Association warns that because flips-flops
have no backing they can catch on to things as they flip and flop. That
may cause people to fall. So the association strongly recommends that
people not play sports in flip-flops or do any type of rigorous outdoor
activities, including cutting the grass, when they wear these shoes.(JAPMA, Vol 98, No. 5, pgs. 374-378, 2008).
Enjoy Summer Break!
Health Services
