If your child has a confirmed diagnosis of H1N1 Flu, please notify Mrs. Hlinomaz by phone during school hours, and/or voicemail or e-mail. The Health Office phone is 293-9452 ext 243, E-mail npsajhlinoma@mdeca.org.  Information may be left whether school is open or closed, 7 days a week, 24 hours a day.  Personal information will be kept confidential and shared on a need to know basis with appropriate authorities to keep everyone safe.

Illness and H1N1 Update.  St. Albert the Great School in conjunction with Public Health - Dayton and Montgomery County held its H1N1 School Vaccine Clinic on Wednesday, October 28^th.  Students who were 9 years old or younger on October 28^th will receive a second dose of the vaccine at school on December 2^nd.  All students who were vaccinated received a vaccination card from the health department indicating the type of vaccine received.  Please keep this card with your other important medical paperwork for future reference.  If your child is scheduled for any vaccinations within the next month please share the date and type of vaccine received with the medical provider.

We have seen a decrease in flu-like illness in the school the past two weeks.  Parents of ill children have done a fantastic job of keeping their children home from school until they are well.  I have included a handout about caring for persons with the flu in this Monday’s envelope.  Once again, the signs/symptoms of H1N1 flu and the guidelines for keeping students home who are sick are:

     An upper respiratory illness characterized by:

·        sudden onset of illness,         

·        fever of 100°F or greater (usually 101-104),

·        headache,

·        cough,

·        muscle aches,

·        sore throat,

Others symptoms that may be seen along with the above:

·        runny nose

·        nausea/vomiting/diarrhea

When calling in your student as absent due to illness, please describe the child’s symptoms.  It is very important for us to track these symptoms.  If your child has the above flu-like symptoms with a fever they must stay home until the following:

·        Fever free for 48 hours, without the use of a fever reducing medication such as Tylenol or Ibuprofen

·        Free of all other symptoms listed above including a cough

·        This may be 5-7 days

Keep sick children at home.  Do not take them to the store, athletic events or to school pick-up time to gather homework/to pick-up a sibling.  Your child can infect other children while they have the above symptoms.  Teachers are aware that we may have some lengthy absences and are prepared to work with you and your child to make-up schoolwork.

The following websites have updated information regarding H1N1 and seasonal flu www.phdmc.org and http://nurse.catholicweb.com/.  Please call me in the Health Office at 293-9452 ext. 243 if you have questions.

The Mileage Club members collectively exercised 1066 miles in the Month of October.  Our school has “walked” from Kettering OH to North Platte, Nebraska on the US map.  

Safety Patrol Monthly Reminder 

Please remind your students to follow the directions of the patrollers so all students remain safe.  Many of our younger students have been reported running in the parking lot and not following the directions of the safety patrollers.  The two most important rules are 1.) All students must walk on the school grounds and 2.) No yelling or hurtful language.