The weather is getting colder. Please make sure your child is dressed appropriately.They are outside for recess.

Vision and hearing screening will start next week. I will notify you if your child has any difficulties.

If your child is ill, they must be symptom free without the use of medicine for 24 hours before they return to school.
Please keep your child home if they are ill. Please do not medicate them and then send them to school. As soon as the medication wears off, they will be feeling sick again.
If your child sees a doctor and is put on antibiotics, they must be on the antibiotics for 24 hours before they can return to school.

Please call student absences in to the office in the morning and send a note in with them when they return.

Our Lady of the Hamptons is a nut free school. Please keep this in mind as you are packing lunches. Please check the labels on granola bars as they sometimes contain nuts. No candy or soda please.

We no longer allow food treats in the classroom for celebrations.


Students in grades 1, 3, 5, and 7 are required to have a current physical on file. Physicals are good for 1 year prior to the first day of school. 

Athletes are an exception to this. They must have a current physical on file to play a sport as well as a health history and emergency sheet.

Athletes must also have a cardiac clearance from your pediatrician to participate in sports. There is a section for this on our physical form. This is in compliance with the Dominic Murray Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention Act. This is to help keep our students as safe as possible.

If your child takes any medication at all, over the counter or prescription, a prescription is required from the doctor and written permission from you.
Medication must be brought in by an adult in the original container. 
This comes from New York State. I can not administer medication if these guidelines are not followed.


Just a reminder, if your child has any type of injury that prevents them from participating in PE class we need a doctor's note to be excused and then to return to activites. This includes any type of orthopedic injury. If they can not participate in gym, they can not participate in recess or after school activities.

If your child can not go outside for recess, we need a note from the doctor. 

I appreciate your cooperation.



 

As of June 17, 2019, new legislation took effect in New York State that no longer allows religious exemptions for immunizations.  Please refer to the attached information below for more details.
Statement on Legislation Removing Non-Medical Exemption
Non-Medical Vaccine Exemptions FAQ
Recommended Children and Adolescent Immunization Schedule