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Welcome to the Health News section of the Avon Lake City Schools website.  Within this section, you will find useful information regarding health-related news and forms.
Many illnesses are contagious and can be spread among healthy classmates causing a higher incidence of illness and absenteeism.  Please review the Fact Sheet About Illness and Communicable Disease to know when your child should stay home from school or when your child will be sent home when displaying symptoms at school.   
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT BODY MASS INDEX (BMI) SCREENINGS
The Ohio Senate Bill 210, known as the Healthy Choices for Healthy Children Act, was signed into law on June 18, 2010. This law is aimed at reducing childhood obesity by ensuring that students have access to healthy meals and beverages at school and by providing students and parents with information about student health.
 
Avon Lake City Schools will participate in this program requiring Body Mass Index screenings for all students in kindergarten, third grade, fifth grade and ninth grade. More information will be provided to parents in the upcoming months.   To view samples of this correspondence, click on either of the links below:

Frequently Asked Questions about Body Mass Index (BMI) Screening

SAMPLE Parental Consent Letter

SAMPLE BMI Screening Results Letter to Parents

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT VARICELLA-ZOSTER INFECTIONS (Chickenpox)

Chickenpox is a highly contagious disease caused by the varicella-zoster virus.  Please click on the title above to learn how chickenpox is spread and the symptoms of chickenpox. 

WHAT YOU SHOULD KN0W ABOUT ERYTHEMA INFECTIOUSUM (also know as FIFTH DISEASE) OR SLAPPED CHEEK SYNDROME

Please click on the title above to learn more about this bright red rash, beginning on face giving a "slapped cheek" appearance or lacy appearance.   

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THE FLU AND THE INFLUENZA VACCINE

Influenza, commonly known as "the flu" is a respiratory illness caused by influenza viruses.  Seasonal flu shots remain the best protection against the flu.   Please click on the title above for answers to commonly asked questions about the flu and influenza immunization practices.  
 

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT HAND FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE...SYMPTOMS - INCUBATION PERIOD - AND TREATMENT

Hand Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD) is a common illness of infants and children.  HFMD is moderately contagious.   The usual period from infection to onset of symptoms (the incubation period) is 3-7 days.   Please click on the title above for complete symptoms and method of transmission. 

 
Head lice are an important community issue and can affect anyone. Please click on the title above for information about head lice, symptoms of infestation, removing and treatment of head lice, and the "no-nit" policy of Avon Lake City Schools.  
  
 
 
Impetigo is a very contagious skin infection caused by the "staph" or "strep" bacteria.  Please click on the title above for more information about the symptoms, treatment and prevention of impetigo. 
 
 
 
Meningitis, often refered to as spinal meningitis, is an infection of the fluid of a person's spinal cord and the fluid that surrounds the brain.  Please click on the title above to learn more about the differences in the severity of the illness and treatment for the type of meningitis confirmed.
 
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT MRSA - A GUIDE FOR PARENTS
 
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT MRSA - A GUIDE FOR ATHLETES
 
MRSA stands for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (often called "staph").   To learn more about how MRSA can be prevented and treated, please click on either of the titles above. 
 
 
 
Pertussis, or whooping cough, is a highly contagious respiratory infection caused by the bacteria, Bordetella pertussis.   Please click on the title above to learn more about how pertussis is spread, symptoms at onset, and period of communicability.  
 
 
 
Strep throat is most frequently seen in school-age children.  Please click on the title above to help you decide if your child may be experiencing the signs and symptoms associated with this illness.  
 
 
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT RUBELLA ....SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
 
Rubella can be seen in school-age children.  Please click on the title above to help you decide if your child may be experiencing the signs and symptoms associated with this illness.  
 
 
 
Scabies infestation can affect people from all socio-economic levels without regard to age, sex, race or standards or personal hygiene.  Please click on the title above to learn more about the diagnosis and prevention of this fairly common disease of the skin.  
 
 
 
 
 

Forms

Health News

Health News
Head Lice Information
Reducing the Spread of the Flu Virus
Seasonal and Novel H1N1 Flu-A Guide for Parents

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