As the cold and flu season sets in PLEASE remember to keep your children home from school if they have:

• A fever (must stay home 24 hours from the last fever onset, without the use of fever-reducing medication)
• Vomiting or diarrhea (If your student vomits while at school, we will ask for them to be picked up and remain home for 24 hours from their last vomiting episode)
• Significant cough or congestion

Once cough and congestion symptoms have greatly improved your student may return to school. If they still have a mild cough please consider having them wear a mask to help prevent spreading germs to their classmates and teachers.

As a heads-up, we are seeing and getting reports of RSV (Respiratory syncytial virus), positive influenza tests, GI “bugs” (vomiting/diarrhea), and hand/foot/mouth disease (which typically starts as cough/cold/fever symptoms then develops into the rash).

Our health room recently has been overly busy! Please help us out by following these guidelines and keeping your children home when they are sick.

Lastly, keep in mind possible backup plans (emergency contacts) for picking up your student if they are asked to be sent home while in school.

If you have any questions please contact us at:

McKenna Health Room: 360-458-0520

Attendance Line: 360-458-2431

Email: mk_attendance@ycs.wednet.edu

THANKS FOR HELPING KEEP OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF HEALTHY AND SAFE!

Did you know all Yelm Community Schools student handbooks are posted on each school's website and updated at the beginning of every year? We are asking all McKenna families to discuss and remind their students of the McKenna expectations in the McKenna Student Handbook.

Yelm Community Schools does not discriminate in any programs or activities on the basis of sex, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, veteran or military status, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, disability, or use of a trained guide dog or service animal and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. The following employee(s) has been designated to handle questions and complaints of alleged discrimination: Civil Rights: Greg Davis, 360-458-1900, greg_davis@ycs.wednet.edu; 504 Coordinator: Shannon Powell, 360-458-6124, shannon_powell@ycs.wednet.edu; Title IX Coordinator: Lisa Cadero-Smith, 360-458-6120. lisa_cadero-smith@ycs.wednet.edu; Address: 107 First St. N., P.O. Box 476, Yelm, WA 98597