Ways Parents Can TEAM-UP with the School Nurse

• Ensure your contact information is current in Infinite Campus and promptly update when changes occur throughout the school year.
• Have a plan for what to do if your child needs to go home. Assign a backup person who can pick up your child if you are unavailable and ensure that person is listed in Infinite Campus (under the Demographics tab).
• Add ‘Otwell Middle School’ as a contact in your phone to help you recognize calls coming from the school.
• Follow the 24-hour return to school policy with student illnesses involving vomiting, diarrhea, or fever. Please keep children home until free of these symptoms for 24 hours without the use of medication.
• Share medical information with the nurse. Being made aware of any chronic illnesses and/or medications your child takes will aid the School Nurse in supporting your child during the school day. At the beginning of the school year, health condition paperwork and supporting medication can be presented to the school nurse by a parent/guardian. Health condition paperwork should be updated annually by your child’s doctor.
• If your child requires medication during the school day the proper forms and medication must be delivered to the School Nurse by a parent/guardian. Students are not allowed to bring in any medications to school.
• When in doubt, overshare medical information. The School Nurse is often the last to know, but the first to see your child in an emergency or when they do not feel well.