Please be aware that we have one confirmed case of lice in the lower elementary. We would advise that you please do a lice check on your child. If you find lice or nits in your child's hair, please purchase a lice treatment kit (Nix, Rid, see what your chid's physician recommends, etc.) and immediately treat your child's lice. Please do not send your child back to school until he or she has been nit free for 24 hours.
From the CDC's website regarding lice:
Getting head lice in not related to cleanliness of the person or his or her environment.
Head lice are mainly spread by direct contact with the hair of an infested person. The most common way to get head lice if by head-to-head contact with a person who already has head lice. Such contact can be common among children during play at:
- school,
- home, and
- elsewhere (sports activities, playgrounds, camp, and slumber parties).
Also, in order to maintain a healthy classroom of students and teachers, please keep your child home if they have a fever, and allow the child to be fever free for at least 24 hours before they return to school.
Respectfully,
Lower Elementary
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