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PHYSICAL FORM - Needed every two years if a student is playing a sport
INTERIM PHYSICAL FORM - Needed in the off years between regular physical for students playing a sport ***************************************************** 
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INFLUENZA AND HEAD LICE INFORMATION
MARCH 2020
***Attention Parents and Guardians***
Influenza and Influenza-like Illness:
Head Lice:
Thank you,
Katie Carr/RN
School Nurse for the Millinocket School Department
MARCH 2020
***Attention Parents and Guardians***
Influenza and Influenza-like Illness:
- Cases of Influenza and similar viruses are on the rise
- Symptoms include: fever (above 100.4), cough, sore throat, runny/stuffy nose, muscle/body aches, headache and sometimes vomiting and diarrhea
- If your child has Influenza-like symptoms they need to stay home for at least 24 hours after they no longer have a fever (without the use of fever reducing medicines)!!!
- Students who are sent to school with Influenza-like symptoms will be sent home
Head Lice:
- Cases of Head Lice are on the rise
- Head Lice spread by direct contact with the hair of an infected person
- Symptoms include: itching, sores on the head caused by itching, irritability and difficulty sleeping
- Students who have head lice should be treated with an over the counter head lice treatment and have their hair combed with a fine-toothed comb daily for two weeks
- Clothing, coats, hats, bedding and stuffed animals should be cleaned by washing and drying them using the hot water cycle
- Cases of head lice will be kept confidential at school
Thank you,
Katie Carr/RN
School Nurse for the Millinocket School Department