South Miami Lutheran Pre-school

Should your child be injured or become ill at school, you will be notified immediately. Please keep us current regarding your phone number both at home and at work. This information is vital should an emergency arise.

Emergency Contact: It is very important for us to have the name and phone number of someone who can be responsible for your child if we cannot reach you. This person should be able to come to school and pick up your child if necessary. Please be sure that the person you list has this understanding. In addition you will be asked to sign a Consent for rendering of Medical Services.

Illness:

1. If you suspect that your child is not well, please keep him/her home out of consideration for his/her classmates, regardless of his/her strong desire to go to school.
2. If your child has had a fever, his/her temperature should be normal at least 24 hours before returning to school.
3. If your child has a cold, is coughing, and has a runny nose, please consider that he/she may be contagious to others and keep him/her home and make other arrangements for his/her care until he/she recovers.
4. If your child has a rash, please keep him/her home and contact your doctor to find out the cause.
5. Our school staff does administer medication to children upon parental request. However, the guidelines for this are very strict and will be followed to the letter. Parents must complete and sign an authorization for medication, which includes the child's name, name of medication, amount/time/date to be given, and your signature. The medication must be in its original container; H.R.S. regulations prohibit dispensing medication if it is in a different container. We will not administer more than two (2) medications per child on a given day, or non-prescription medication. If your child needs to be on three or more different kinds of medications, he/she should not be in school. For non-prescription medication parents are to come in and administer it.
6. There are several illnesses which are common occurrences in young children, which are noted below. If your child has any of these illnesses, please keep him/her home, contact your child's doctor and notify the school immediately, with the date of infection or first exposure. The best way to stop the spread of contagious diseases is isolation. It may be recommended that you quarantine your child during the known period of greatest communicability to minimize the spread of infection to others. If we respect and are considerate of each other, we will not send our children to school sick. Children will not be admitted to school and will be sent home if they exhibit any symptoms of illness. Please help us control and minimize the spread of infections to others by providing care for your child when he/she is sick.
7. Head Lice: Please do not allow your child to bring combs and brushes to class, as this can be a primary way of spreading head lice. After treatment, each child, before being readmitted to class, will be re checked to determine that they are completely free of lice and/or nits.
8. Pinworm: Symptoms that this condition may exist include restlessness, irritability, fretful sleeping, and rectal itching. The testing and treatment of this condition is very simple. It is important to follow all instructions that are given with the medication to prevent reinfestation.