WELLNESS WEDNESDAY April 15, 2020
From our Counselors & Health Office
Dear Families,
Happy Wednesday Coyote Families! We want to send out some information each Wednesday in order to stay in touch with all of our Carver Elementary students and families during this transition to remote learning. We miss you all very much and think about you each and every day. We know that the closure of school can cause confusion, anger, excitement, and even nervousness. Remember that we can only control what we can control. It is okay to feel mixed emotions, but what you do with those feelings/emotions matters!! We plan on sending out a weekly newsletter that includes social emotional learning like calming strategies and mindfulness/meditation techniques. Remember to spread kindness and compassion to others during this time, and remember that we will all get through this together! We are still here to anyone who needs to talk about their feelings, worries, or even if you want to share something exciting (we would love to hear about it!!!).
Mrs. Hardiman (hardimanj@carver.org)
Mrs. Bartlett (bartlettn@carver.org)
Mrs.Hines (hinesl@carver.org)
Mrs. Liddy (liddyj@carver.org)i-Ready Update for this week!
Thank you for your patience with iReady. We experienced some technical difficulties assigning students lessons in Reading and Math. If you have are having trouble logging in and/or seeing your student lessons, please reach out to Mrs. Kelley (kelleyj@carver.org) and/or your child's homeroom teacher.
Share this video with the kids! Made by the CES teachers!
Tournament of Books - See below to vote for your favorite: "Blueberries for Sal" or "Make Way for Ducklings"
Thought for the Day:
- Karen Ravn
The weather is getting warmer, hopefully we will all spend more time outdoors. Here are some tips to help with Tick Prevention and Care - from our School Nurses Mrs. Connolly and Mrs. Berkobein
While most ticks are harmless and don’t require medical treatment, some ticks (like the deer tick, and others) can carry harmful germs and cause diseases. The deer tick is tiny, and no larger than a pencil point. Other ticks are larger and easier to find on the skin.
Think Prevention
- Wear appropriate clothing: please see attached page for more information.
- Conduct a full-body tick check Parents should check their children for ticks under the arms, in and around the ears, inside the belly button, behind the knees, between the legs, around the waist, and especially in their hair.
- Examine clothes and gear. Ticks can ride into the home on clothing, then attach to a person later, so carefully examine coats, and day packs. Tumbling clothes in a dryer on the highest heat for at least one hour may help kill remaining ticks.
- Shower soon after being outdoors. Showering within two hours of coming indoors has been shown to reduce your risk of being bitten by a tick.
- Repellents containing 20% or more DEET (N, N-diethyl-m-toluamide) can be applied to the skin, and they can protect up to several hours. Always follow product instructions! Parents should apply this product to their child before school, avoiding hands, eyes, and mouth.
What to do if you find a tick attached:
If the tick is still attached to the skin, remove it:
- Using fine-tipped tweezers, grasp the head of the tick close to the skin.
- Firmly and steadily pull the tick straight out of the skin.
- Do not twist the tick or rock it from side to side while removing it.
- Put tick in a sealed container or zip-locked bag and save it to show the doctor if your child becomes ill.
- Do not use petroleum jelly or a hot match to kill and remove the tick.
- Wash area with soap and water or swab the area with rubbing alcohol.
Signs & Symptoms of Tick-Related Diseases:
- Fever/chills: With all tickborne diseases, patients can experience fever at varying degrees and time of onset.
- Aches and pains: Tickborne disease symptoms include headache, fatigue, and muscle aches. With Lyme disease you may also experience joint pain. The severity and time of onset of these symptoms can depend on the disease and the patient's personal tolerance level.
- Rash
Tickborne diseases can result in mild symptoms treatable at home to severe infections requiring hospitalization. Although easily treated with antibiotics, these diseases can be difficult for physicians to diagnose. However, early recognition and treatment of the infection decreases the risk of serious complications. So see your doctor immediately if your child may have been bitten by a tick and experiences any of the symptoms described above.
Seek Medical Care if:
- The tick might have been on the skin for more than 6-8 hours.
- Part of the tick remains in the skin after attempted removal.
- A rash of any kind develops (especially the red-ringed bull’s eye rash or red dots on wrists and ankles).
- The bite area looks infected (increasing redness, warmth, swelling, pain or oozing pus).
- Symptoms like fever, headache, fatigue, chills, stiff neck or back or muscle or joint aches develop.
(See: What to do if you find a tick attached - Above)
Dress Appropriately
Click Below to visit the CDC to learn more about Ticks...
Here are pictures you sent us wearing your Carver Coyote Colors! Tomorrow we'll be posting pictures of you working out and staying active! Take a picture and send it along to us! toomeyj@carver.org, kelly@carver.org, lopezp@carver.org
Happy 11th Birthday!
Keep sending us pictures of your at home learning! We love to see your smiling faces!
Carver Elementary School
Website: www.carver.org
Location: 85 Main Street, Carver, MA, USA
Phone: 508-866-6210
Twitter: @elementary_ma