1. Vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain
2. Temperature greater than 101 degrees within 24 hours of the start of the school day
3. Uncontrollable coughing, sore throat, heavy nasal congestion
4. A communicable illness (i.e. strep throat, the flu, head lice, pink eye).

• Keep your child home from school for at least 24 hours after their fever is gone.
  • The fever should be gone without the use of a fever-reducing medicine.
  • A fever is defined as 100F (37.8C) or higher.
• People with the flu may be able to infect others from 1 day before getting sick to up to 5 to 7 days after they have symptoms.
• Rest and drink enough fluids. Consult your doctor as needed.

To ensure the health and safety of the children needing medication during the school year, our policy requires that a signed MEDICATION ORDER form must be completed by the prescribing health care provider (MD/NP), signed by you, and on file in your child's school health record before we begin to give medications at school.

Medication must be delivered to the school in a pharmacy or manufacturer's labeled container by you or a responsible adult who you designate.  Please ask the pharmacy to provide separate bottles for school and home.  No more than a 30 day supply should be delivered to school.  Please check the expiration date on all medications.

Students are NOT to have any medicines on their person or in backpacks (including cough drops). All medications should be given to the School Nurse, with proper, signed instructions from a doctor.

The first dose of a new medication will not be administered by the school nurse.

Please pick up the medication by the last day of school as it cannot be stored in school during the summer months because of extreme fluctuations in temperature. Any remaining medication will be discarded.

The Masachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Science (MCPHS) School of Optometry, faculty and optometry students, conduct the vision screening at Assumption School.  Vision is important to your child's ability to learn and progress satisfactorily at school. Vision screening is offered to all students.

Hearing is very important to children's abilities to listen, learn and make good progress in school.  For these reasons, Assumption School takes a special interest in the hearing of our students. Annual hearing screening is offered to all students during the month of November by the Worcester State University's Speech-Language-Hearing Center.