Mrs. Dawn Liberti, R.N.

Office: 646-3242 [24 hour voice mail]

ATTENDANCE: Parents are required to notify the school nurse/attendance office for any days absent from school along with the reason for the absence, by using the above number or the voice mail service. A written excuse note, signed by a parent is required upon return to school for all absences or late arrivals [after 8:40 am].

MEDICATION: All medications to be given at school must be stored at the health office, must be in it’s original container, must be accompanied by a note from the student’s doctor and a note from their parent giving permission for in school administration. This includes all over-the-counter medications, too.

This includes:

• Health office policies
• New York State Health Laws
• Immunization policies
• Keeping your child home due to illness
• Communicable Diseases
• Emergency information
• School insurance
• School physicals
• School screenings

“You cannot educate a child who is not healthy and you cannot keep a child healthy who is not educated.”

Former US Surgeon General Jocelyn Elders