Health Services

The school health room is equipped to handle illnesses and injuries that occur at school.

The nurse's goal is to assist in the education process by improving the health status and learning of children.  "Healthy children learn better."  It is our goal to keep children at school as much as possible.  Please keep your child at home if he/she has one of the conditions listed below.  If your child becomes sick at school, you will be called to pick them up promptly.

DHEC School Exclusion List:

Chicken Pox	Diarrehea	Fever of 100°+
Fever with Rash	Behavior Changes	Ear ache
Vomiting	Sore Throat	Head Lice
Hepatitis A	Influenza	Impetigo
Measles	Meningitis	Mononucleosis
Mumps	Pink Eye	Ringworm
Scabies	Shingles	Staph Infection
Strep Throat	Tuberculosis	Whooping Cough

 

Medications can be administered at school.  Please follow the medication guidelines listed on the nurse's page of the MOES website.  All medications will be kept in the nurse's office. Office hours for sick children begin at 10:00 a.m.; exceptions are made for and emergencies.  All students must have a sick pass from the teacher to see the nurse.  If the light in the nurse's office is off, students should report to the front office for assistance.