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Phone: (609) 660-7510 | Fax: (609) 698-5708

Health and Wellness
 
Every one knows that health is important. Just as we instill the building blocks of English, mathematics, science and history for our students, we as a district are making Health and Wellness a priority for our students, parents, and our community. Our goal is to provide our students, parents and community with information to help make positive choices in living a healthy lifestyle while enjoying all life has to offer.
 
February 2, 2012
 
To Parents / Guardians;
 
Regular school attendance for your child is very important. However if your child is not feeling well they will not completely benefit from being in school. The districts goal is for each and every child to achieve their maximal learning opportunities. A child that is not feeling well is not always able to fully concentrate and is at risk of spreading the illness to other students and staff. Please review and adhere to the following district guidelines for any of the following symptoms. While we understand having your child stay home from school may cause some difficulty for families, our top priority is to maintain the health and wellness of our students and staff.
 
Fever: Children with a fever of 100 degrees or higher should remain home. Students are required to be fever free for a full 24 hours before returning to school. This would be without the administration of fever reducing medications such as Tylenol or Motrin.
 
Diarrhea / Vomiting: Students with either symptom are required to stay home until they are symptom free for a full 24 hours.
 
Conjunctivitis:If your child has any type of discharge from their eyes and the eyes are red and irritated. It is highly recommended that your child be seen by a health care provider. If your child has been diagnosed as having conjunctivitis, they may return to school 24 hours after the first dose of medication has been administered. If your child is sent home from school due to discharge from their eyes, a physician's note is required stating they may return to school.
 
Rashes: If your child develops a rash that you are unaware as to the cause, it is recommended the child be seen by a health care professional. Rashes if contagious are most easily spread to others in the early stages. If your child is sent home from school due to a rash, your child will require a doctor's note stating they may return to school.
 
Please remind and encourage your children to wash their hands often, such as before and after eating, using the bathroom, handling things that are handled frequently by others and blowing their noses. Encourage your child to cough or sneeze into their sleeve and not their hands. Thank you for your anticipated cooperation.
 
Sincerely,
 
George J. Chidiac                  Wayne Wedderman, ATC
JTDS Principal                      Health Services Coordinator/Athletic Trainer
 
 
February American Heart Month
For information about Healthy Heart Care

http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/

 

 February National Children's Dental Health Month

http://www.ada.org/givekidsasmile.aspx

  

 

Here's to a Healthy Valentine's Day
Plan Your Valentine's Day with healthy choices in mind. Whether you plan to celebrate Valentine's Day on your own or with someone else, take steps to be a healthy valentine. Challenge yourself to be active, healthy, and smoke free.

 

Happy Valentine's Day from HealthyChildren.org!

To help you celebrate, here are 14 ways to show love for your child this Valentine's Day.

1. Use plenty of positive words with your child. Try to avoid using sarcasm. Children often don’t understand it, and if they do, it creates a negative interaction.

2. Respond promptly and lovingly to your child's physical and emotional needs and banish put-downs from your parenting vocabulary. Be available to listen to your child when he/she want to talk with you even if it’s an inconvenient time.

3. Make an extra effort to set a good example at home and in public. Use words like "I'm sorry," "please," and "thank you."

4. When your child is angry, argumentative or in a bad mood, give him a hug, cuddle, pat, secret sign or other gesture of affection he favors and then talk with him about it when he’s feeling better.

5. Use non-violent forms of discipline. Parents should institute both rewards and restrictions many years before adolescence to help prevent trouble during the teenage years. Allowing children of any age to constantly break important rules without being disciplined only encourages more rule violations.

6. Make plans to spend time alone with your young child or teen doing something she enjoys. Send a Valentine’s Day card to your older child or teen. Make Valentine’s Day cards together with your preschool or younger school age child.

7. Mark family game nights on your calendar so the entire family can be together. Put a different family member's name under each date, and have that person choose which game will be played that evening.

8. Owning a pet can make children, especially those with chronic illnesses and disabilities, feel better by stimulating physical activity, enhancing their overall attitude, and offering constant companionship.

9. One of the best ways to familiarize your child with good food choices is to encourage him to cookwith you. Let him get involved in the entire process, from planning the menus to shopping for ingredients to the actual food preparation and its serving. It is wonderful when families eat together as much as possible. Good food, good conversations.

10. As your child grows up, she'll spend most of her time developing and refining a variety of skills and abilities in all areas of her life. You should help her as much as possible by encouraging her and providing the equipment and instruction she needs. Start readingto your child beginning at six months. Avoid TVin the first two years, monitor and watch TV with your older children and use TV time as conversation time with your children. Limit computer and video games.

11. Your child's health depends significantly on the care and guidance you offer during his early years. By taking your child to the doctor regularly for preventive health care visits, keeping him safe from accidents, providing a nutritious diet, and encouraging exercisethroughout childhood, you help protect and strengthen his body.

12. Help your child foster positive relationships with friends, siblings and members of the community.

13. One of your most important gifts as a parent is to help your child develop self-esteem. Your child needs your steady support and encouragement to discover his strengths. He needs you to believe in him as he learns to believe in himself. Loving him, spending time with him, listening to him and praising his accomplishments are all part of this process.

14. Don't forget to say, "I love you" to children of all ages!