Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Nurses's Notes on Communicable Diseases in Spanish


Estimados padres,

El comienzo del año escolar es un excelente momento para recordarle a nuestra comunidad escolar acerca de las medidas que tomamos para mantener a los estudiantes saludables y prevenir que las enfermedades contagiosas se propaguen. 

·         Reforzamos constantemente el lavado de manos con nuestros estudiantes y que tosan/estornuden en un papel tisú o en sus mangas (no en sus manos).
·         Además, seguimos las recomendaciones del Departamento de Salud y Medio Ambiente del Condado de Johnson (JCDHE) para la determinación de cuándo enviar a un estudiante a la casa desde la escuela (ver folleto adjunto). El tablero de recomendaciones de JCDHE también brinda guías específicas acerca de cuándo un estudiante puede ser readmitido a la escuela. 
o   Por ejemplo, necesitan no haber tenido fiebre por 24 horas SIN HABER usado medicamento para reducir la fiebre antes de regresar a la escuela. 
·         Ocasionalmente, recibimos preguntas acerca del manejo de la pediculosis en la escuela, y hemos incluído un documento con información actualizada.
·         Si fuera necesario, informaremos a los padres cuando veamos un incremento de enfermedades en nuestra población escolar con una potencial y rápida propagación entre los estudiantes y el personal escolar (como la influenza/gripe) o en la rara instancia en la que tengamos que reportar de manera obligatoria una enfermedad que ocurrió en nuestra población, como paperas. Notificaciones generales de pediculosis no son recomendadas ya que se encontró que sólo causa daño y tratamiento innecesario. En vez de ello, la enfermera escolar evaluará la necesidad de notificar de manera individual a aquellos que se consideran que estuvieron en contacto cercano.  
Gracias por reforzar hábitos saludables entre sus estudiantes. Si tiene preguntas, siéntase libre de contactar a la enfermera de su escuela.




Keri Hicks RN

Nurse's News


Dear Parents,

The start of a new semester is a great time to remind our school community of the measures we take to keep students healthy and prevent the spread of communicable diseases. 

·         We reinforce frequent hand washing with our students and coughing/sneezing into a tissue or their sleeve (not their hands). 
·         In addition, we refer to the Johnson County Department of Health and Environment (JCDHE) recommendations when determining the need to send a student home from school (see attached document).  The JCDHE recommendation chart provides specific guidance on when a student can be readmitted to school. 
o   For example, students are to be fever-free for 24 hours WITHOUT the use of a fever reducing medication before returning to school. 
·         Occasionally we receive questions about head lice management in our schools, and we have included a document with up-to-date information. 
o   As needed, we will inform parents when we see an increase in illnesses in our school population with the potential for rapid spread among students and staff (such as influenza) or in the rare instance we have a mandatory reportable disease occur in our population, like Mumps.   General Head lice notifications are not recommended as they have been found to cause harm and lead to unnecessary treatment.  Instead, the school nurse will assess the need for notification on an individual basis to those considered close contacts.

Thank you for reinforcing healthy habits with our students.  If you have any questions, feel free to contact our school nurse.
Please see the following attachments for more health notices.

Keri Hicks RN


Heritage Spelling Bee

The Heritage spelling bee was filled with compassion and support. All 18 students were nervous but the crowd made them feel special, even if they did not make it past the first or second round. 
Two students reached the 13th round, where the winner was named, Lucas. The word that crowned him champion was intellect, what a fitting word. Rose came in a close second place and congratulated the champion with pure kindness. 
Heritage was filled with heart during the spelling bee, as students were encouraged throughout the hour long spelling bee. 
Thank you to Ms. Alexander, Mrs. Moss and Mrs. Miller for making it all happen!





Tuesday, November 22, 2016

Bountiful Harvest and Book Drive

The Heritage families have once again shown that Heritage has Heart.  2, 177 items were collected for Bountiful Harvest.  This is a long time tradition at Heritage. 

The recipient of the items is Johnson County Christmas Bureau.  This organization helps families in need during the holiday time.  In the last 7 years this number of items is an all time record.  Way to Go Heritage!

Third Grade Ambassadors also collected new and gently used books for the Johnson County Christmas Bureau.
We used the money we made selling boo pops to purchase 300 new books also.
Our total was more than 1,000 books!

It you would like to know about the Christmas Bureau, their website is http://www.jccb.org/

Thank You To Everyone Who Contributed!






Wednesday, November 16, 2016

Book Fair At Heritage


The Book Fair is at Heritage every day November 16th to November 18th from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM and Saturday, November 19th during the Breakfast With Santa from 8:30-11:00 AM.  
Please, sign up to help with the Book Fair or come shopping!

Book Fair

Busy Weekend At Heritage-Help Needed!

Busy Weekend At Heritage-Help Needed!

Saturday, November 19th is going to be a very busy and very fun day at Heritage.  
Please, check out the link and then come join us!  We need lots of volunteers to make this day a success.

Breakfast with Santa will be from 8:30-10:30 AM.

Playground Improvement Event is from 11:00-12:30.
Our community partners, The First Baptist Church and the Kiwanis Club will be joining us.  We will be painting the playground equipment and spreading mulch. The Kiwanis Club is providing brand new basketball goals for our playground! Kiwanis will also be grilling hot dogs.  Please, come help improve our school and join the fun.


Monday, November 7, 2016

Early Childhood Peers for 2017-2018

ATTENTION PARENT’S OF

THREE AND FOUR YEAR OLD CHILDREN!

2017 – 2018

APPLICATION PROCESS FOR THE EARLY CHILDHOOD FEE 
BASED PEER PARTICIPATION SLOT’S

The application process will begin on January 9, 2017 for the 2017-2018 school year.
To be considered for a peer slot you/ your child must meet the following guidelines:

1.     You must live in the Olathe School District. (Even if you are an employee of the district you must still live within the Olathe School District.)
2.     Your child must be potty trained.  (Not wearing pull-ups)
3.     Your child must speak and understand English very well.
4.     You must complete the “Ages and Stages” questionnaire with your child and once scored, your child must be at the appropriate developmental level.


To request and application packet please contact Kim Russell at 913-780-7341 or via email at krussellhlc@olatheschools.org. Be sure and include your child’s date of birth.