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GICNS takes every precaution to safeguard the children’s health, but we need your help too. If your child is sick, please keep them home. Please call the school if your child will be absent. Notify the teacher of any chronic condition that is not contagious. If any symptoms of illness are detected upon arrival at school, the teachers reserve the right to send the child home rather than expose other children. If illness develops during school hours, you will be contacted.
Symptoms that preclude attendance are:
Your child should be fever and vomit free for 24 hours before returning to school. If your child develops something contagious, please notify the teacher or the Board President so that the other parents can be informed. Chronic medical conditions should be discussed with the teachers and be detailed on the medical history forms. Any medication to be administered even in emergency situations must have a medical permission form (doctor's note). Nut & peanut food allergies need to be specified on medical forms and a list of appropriate foods for snack to be to distributed to their class. |
Allergies
At times there is a child in our classes with some sort of food allergy. You can find out if there's a child in your class with an allergy by looking at your class list. Here's what you can do to help:
BE AWARE: If there is a child with food allergies in the class, please do not bring any food that may pose a risk to that child. A ‘safe snack’ list should be provided for your class. If you are volunteering, make sure you know which children have allergies.
WASH UP: If your child ate a food for breakfast or lunch that another student is allergic to, please make sure that his/her hands are washed with soap and water before leaving for school. Water alone does not do the trick!
NO SHARING FOOD: Talk to your child about the importance of not sharing food at snack time. Some parents may choose not to allow their child to eat the class snack due to certain risks.
AVOID CROSS-CONTAMINATION: Baking for your child’s class is fun, but it also poses a high risk for cross-contamination (i.e. 1st batch is peanut butter cookies, 2nd batch is sugar cookies). If you choose to bake a class snack, please be sure to use utensils, bowls and baking sheets that are cleaned well. Children with allergies may be provided an alternative snack in these instances.
BE AWARE: If there is a child with food allergies in the class, please do not bring any food that may pose a risk to that child. A ‘safe snack’ list should be provided for your class. If you are volunteering, make sure you know which children have allergies.
WASH UP: If your child ate a food for breakfast or lunch that another student is allergic to, please make sure that his/her hands are washed with soap and water before leaving for school. Water alone does not do the trick!
NO SHARING FOOD: Talk to your child about the importance of not sharing food at snack time. Some parents may choose not to allow their child to eat the class snack due to certain risks.
AVOID CROSS-CONTAMINATION: Baking for your child’s class is fun, but it also poses a high risk for cross-contamination (i.e. 1st batch is peanut butter cookies, 2nd batch is sugar cookies). If you choose to bake a class snack, please be sure to use utensils, bowls and baking sheets that are cleaned well. Children with allergies may be provided an alternative snack in these instances.
Vaccinating for Nursery School
In accordance with the New York State Public Health Law, all students attending New York Schools must be immunized against the following diseases: diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, polio, measles, mumps, rubella, varicella, Pneumococcal conjugate (PCV), Hepatitis B, and Haemophilus influenzae type B (Hib).
If your child is not up to date on current NYS required vaccinations, on a schedule, or actively in the process of getting on a schedule, your child will not be able to attend class until they are. They will be at risk for losing their spot in class if not promptly addressed.
In the event that a case of a vaccine preventable disease occurs in your child’s school and your child has not obtained the required immunization, the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has the right to require that your child be excluded from school for at least one incubation period after the onset of the last case. For example, if a case of measles is diagnosed, students who have not received a measles vaccine will be excluded from school during the outbreak and for an additional 18 days after the onset of the last case in the school.
Dose Requirements for Prekindergarten
If your child is not up to date on current NYS required vaccinations, on a schedule, or actively in the process of getting on a schedule, your child will not be able to attend class until they are. They will be at risk for losing their spot in class if not promptly addressed.
In the event that a case of a vaccine preventable disease occurs in your child’s school and your child has not obtained the required immunization, the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has the right to require that your child be excluded from school for at least one incubation period after the onset of the last case. For example, if a case of measles is diagnosed, students who have not received a measles vaccine will be excluded from school during the outbreak and for an additional 18 days after the onset of the last case in the school.
Dose Requirements for Prekindergarten
- Diphtheria and Tetanus toxoid-containing vaccine and Pertussis vaccine (DTaP/DTP/Tdap: )2 - 4 doses
- Polio vaccine (IPV/OPV)4 - 3 doses
- Measles, Mumps and Rubella vaccine (MMR): 5 - 1 dose
- Hepatitis B vaccine: 6 - 3 doses
- Varicella (Chickenpox) vaccine: 7 - 1 dose
- Haemophilus infuenzae type b conjugate vaccine (Hib)8: 1-4 doses
- Pneumococcal Conjugate vaccine (PCV)9: 1-4 doses
