**Please notify the school your student attends each day your student is staying home due to any illness.  Thank You**

H1N1 Information

The symptoms of H1N1 flu virus are similar to the symptoms of seasonal flu and include:

What should I do if I have symptoms?
Individuals with the above symptoms should contact their physician, who will determine what treatment is needed.   

What else can I do?
As during any cold & influenza season, individuals are encouraged to take the following steps to reduce the spread of viruses and infections:

• Wash your hands thoroughly with soap and warm water or if handwashing facilities are unavailable, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer which should get rid of most germs.   For more information on handwashing go to - www.kdheks.gov/H1N1/download/handwashing.pdf 
• Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth.
• Stay home when you are sick to avoid spreading illness to co-workers, friends, family or other students.
• USD 353 Students & Staff will be sent home for a fever of 100 degrees or higher.  The ill person is to stay home until they are fever free (without having to take fever reducing medications) for at least 24 hours - or as directed by their Physician.
• Keep students home if they have vomiting or diarrhea.
• Cough or sneeze into your elbow or a tissue and properly dispose of used tissues, and wash hands after sneezing.
• Stay healthy by eating a balanced diet, drinking plenty of water and getting adequate rest and exercise.
• Consider taking the Seasonal Influenza Vaccination and/or the H1N1 vaccination (when available).

H1N1 information for this site was obtained from CDC (Centers for Disease Control) & KDHE (Kansas Department of Health & Environment) their websites are:

District Mission for Health Services
To Promote, Monitor & Advocate for the Health & Wellness of our Students.
Work with Parents/Guardians on issues related to Student Health.
Promote Health & provide Medical & Health Information to our Staff.

USD 353 has two School Nurses who provide services to  the Regular & Special Education Students in their buildings. The Nurses each have web pages which have information about immunizations, flu, medication policies, vision & hearing screening information and other USD 353 information as well as common school health questions. Their contact information & phone numbers are also on their web pages.

The webpage for each Nurse is available to you by clicking on the name of the Nurse below.   The Building assignments for each nurse follow her name below.

 Jane Norris, RN, BSN, CSN

Wellington High School (620)326-4310

Wellington Middle School (620) 326-4320

 Roosevelt Attendance Center (620) 326-4330

E- Mail address:  jnorris@usd353.com

 Janet Fine, RN, BSN, MSN

Eisenhower Elementary (620)  326-4340

Kennedy Elementary (620) 326-4350

Lincoln Elementary (620)  326- 4360

Washington Elementary (620)  326-4370

E-Mail address:  jfine@usd353.com