When To Keep Your Child Home From School

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When To Keep Your Child Home From School Arabic Updated

When To Keep Your Child Home From School (English)

Chickenpox
Keep child home until they have no new sores for 24 hours AND all sores are dried and crusted. During an outbreak of chickenpox, children who are NOT vaccinated for chickenpox (Varicella) and have been in close contact with someone sick with the infection will not be allowed at school for 21 days after they were last exposed to chickenpox, even if they are not sick.

Diarrhea
Keep child home with two loose or watery stools within 24 hours, even if there are no other signs of illness. Keep child home until no diarrhea for 24 hours.

Fever
Keep child home with temperature 100.5 degrees or higher. Keep child home until fever-free for 24 hours without using fever-reducing medicine such as Motrin and Tylenol.

Flu-like symptoms
Sudden onset of fever, chills, muscle aches; may also have vomiting and diarrhea. Keep child home until symptom-free for 24 hours.

Head lice
Keep child home until treatment is completed and all live lice are gone.

Impetigo
Keep child home until treatment has been started. Lesions must be covered while in school.

MRSA
Keep child home if sore is draining, and cannot be covered with a clean, dry bandage. Keep child home if they cannot keep from picking at sore.

Rash
Keep child home until seen by a doctor and treated if needed. The school may request a doctor’s note to return to school.

Strep throat
Keep child home until 24 hours after the first dose of antibiotics have been started.

Pink eye
Keep child home until seen by a doctor and until 24 hours after first dose of medicine, if prescribed.

Ringworm
Keep child home until seen by a doctor and until treatment has been started. Area must remain covered at school until completely healed.

Scabies
Keep child home until treatment is completed.

Vomiting
Keep child home until no vomiting for 24 hours.

Abdominal Pain
Keep child home with abdominal pain that continues for more than 2 hours or intermittent pain with a fever or other symptoms.

Reference: Managing Communicable Diseases in Schools, MDHSS, Version 2.0 (May 2016).
(Revised: 02/18)

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Why is Young 5s Kindergarten Good for Kids?

Children must turn 5 years old on or before September 1st to enroll in kindergarten. Previously, children could be enrolled in kindergarten if they turned 5 years old by December 1st. While this change of a few months may seem small, it can mean a big difference during these early years when children are rapidly growing and developing.  Young 5s Kindergarten provides children with an opportunity to learn in an enriching and academically challenging environment that nurtures their growth. Research shows that children who attend kindergarten readiness programs like Young 5 Kindergarten are more likely to do well in school and attend college.  Many parents who have recognized the benefits of Young 5s Kindergarten have been enrolling their children in similar programs, public and private, for years. This Young 5s Kindergarten will help all of our kids get the best possible start, with curriculum that is designed just for them.

Introduction: Young 5s Kindergarten

Entering kindergarten is an exciting time for children! This new chapter sets the tone for your child’s future. But kindergarten standards and curriculum have changed over the years, and many of the skills children were once taught in first grade are now expected in kindergarten. This is one reason why states, including Michigan, have a clear September 1st cutoff date for enrollment. Educators and researchers know that these few months make a huge difference in what a child is ready to learn. The good news is that Young 5s Kindergarten sets children up for the opportunity to learn in a hands-on, interactive way that supports their development while still maintaining the rigor and high standards of success.  Young 5s Kindergarten is now being offered for children whose birthdays fall between June 15th and December 1st or who need the time and opportunity to continue building their skills and abilities. Their time in Young 5s Kindergarten will help them to succeed in kindergarten, become leaders in the classroom and confidently navigate the school day routine.

What is Young 5s Kindergarten?

Young 5s Kindergarten is a bridge between preschool and kindergarten. It gives young learners a head start and provides them with an opportunity to learn and grow in an environment that is tailored to meet their academic and social needs.

What Happens in a Young 5s Kindergarten Classroom?

In Young 5s Kindergarten, teachers help children develop through thematic, hands-on approach. They expose children to reading and math in an exciting, interactive way by using educational games to teach children about words and sentences and help them understand mathematical concepts like counting and patterns.
✴ Classroom: Young 5s Kindergarteners have their own classroom
with their own teacher in a smaller class setting.
✴ Length of school day: They attend a full day of school.
✴ Shared activities: They participate in all kindergarten activities,
such as music, art and gym throughout the year.
✴ Curriculum and learning: They learn important new academic and
social skills that build on previous learning that will help them
adjust to the elementary school environment.
✴ Learning environment: Research shows that children must first
have a strong base in language. Children will build a strong
language base by rhyming, patterning, playing with words, listening
to stories, etc. Young 5s Kindergarten students are saturated with
these concepts in a fun yet challenging way.

Who Attends Young 5s Kindergarten?

Young 5s Kindergarten is for children whose birthday occurs between June 15th and December 1st and/or for those children who need the time and opportunity to develop their abilities and skills.

For further detail please clink on the following Young 5s Kindergarten Link:

https://dearbornschools.org/images/articles/Young_5_Kindergarten.pdf 

Young 5s

Dear Families,

This is just a reminder that Parent University will be tomorrow, March 15th at 9:00 am and runs each Friday until March 29th.  Below is the schedule of dates and the topics to be covered. In addition to GSRP staff the following community resources will be presenting on specific topics:

Speech & Language– Kellyann Rodriguez, Social Worker and Samah Saidi, Speech Pathologist from Dearborn Public Schools

Social/Emotional–Shannon Mathison from Ages and Stages (ASQ)

Gross Motor—        LAHC

Dental—                 Nancy Werner from Covenant Community Care

Technology, the internet, and social media have become a big part of all of our lives. From the moment we wake in the morning to the time we go to sleep, we can be overwhelmed with technology.  That’s why I wanted to take a moment to share with you information about a social media trend that regrettably seems to be reaching elementary age children.

Over the past several years, a common trend on social media or through text messaging is to pose a “challenge” to the viewer of the video or reader of the text message.  Perhaps you may recall the “ice bucket” challenge that was popular a few years back and helped to raise funds for ALS or more commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. Most of the time, these “challenges” are done with the best intentions.

Unfortunately, there are those who choose to create and post “challenges” that can be dangerous and physically harmful.  There have been news stories about the dangerous “challenges” that ask the viewer to consume certain products such as large amounts of cinnamon or even as outrageous as washing machine detergent. I have recently been told there is another one of these “challenge” videos going around that ask the viewer to perform acts of violence to others or to themselves. This is very distressing, especially to know that children as young as elementary age are being exposed to this type of disturbing behavior.

I’m sharing this information with you today not to alarm, panic, or spread of any rumors.  Rather, I share this with you to communicate information that may be helpful to you as parents. I would also like to pass along a few simple tips that all parents can use when helping children safely navigate the internet and social media.

Basic guidelines for parental supervision:

• Spend time online together to teach your kids appropriate online behavior.

• Keep the computer in a common area where you can watch and monitor its use, not in individual bedrooms. Monitor any time spent on smartphones or tablets.

• Bookmark kids’ favorite sites for easy access.

• Check your credit card and phone bills for unfamiliar account charges.

• Find out what, if any, online protection is offered by your child’s school, after-school center,  friends’ homes, or any place where kids could use a computer without your supervision.

• Take your child seriously if he or she reports an uncomfortable online exchange

We know our students are safe at home and we pride ourselves on creating a safe environment for your children when they are here at school.  By working together we can ensure that our school will always be a safe place for learning.