Health Reminder for the Winter Months
As we approach the colder months and holiday gatherings, it is important to be reminded of overall health protocols at Brookwood. We see lots of illness during the school year not limited to but including; flu, strep, covid, and pneumonia. These tend to increase during the holidays and over the winter months. Let's all do our part and help keep our community healthy.
- Staying home when you are unwell
- Practicing good hand hygiene
- Catching coughs and sneezes in a tissue
- Getting plenty of rest and sleep
- Staying hydrated
- Bundling up: wearing hats, mittens and winter jackets when outdoors
A note about time outdoors:
- The frosty mornings and colder temperatures have arrived. To safely enjoy ample outdoor time throughout the winter months, we ask for your partnership in ensuring students come to school in weather appropriate attire. Please review our cold weather protocols for outdoor recess and after school outdoor play.
- If a student is not dressed appropriately for the weather, they will not be able to participate in outdoor recess/after school outdoor play.
Please refer to Brookwood’s Illness and Physical Policy, which is in the Family Handbook and available below:
ILLNESS
In order to promote a safe and healthy school environment, please do not send students to school with any of the following: fevers, vomiting, diarrhea, persistent cough or profuse discolored discharge from nose or eyes. Any student who gets a fever of 100.0 degrees F or greater, vomiting, or diarrhea will be sent home from school. Students must be symptom free for 24 hours without fever reducing medication before returning to school. Parents are expected to notify the school if their child contracts a contagious illness such as strep throat, chicken pox or head lice.
For safety and accurate record keeping, families are required to let the School know if a child is absent for a full day or more. In the case of planned absences, please contact the appropriate Division Head or teacher well ahead of time. In the case of illness or unexpected absences, please contact the office by 8:30 a.m. If we have not been contacted and a child is absent, we will call to confirm that the child should not be in school. To ensure a minimum of such calls, it is extremely important that the office is notified of all absences.
Please reach out to the health office with any questions.
