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Career Awareness Month:
This month, our students will receive guidance lessons on careers. Elementary school is a perfect time to start teaching your child to become aware of how his or her school is connected to a successful future. Many times, children choose a career based on what they have seen on television or by what their parents do. It will benefit our children to have exposure to a broad range of occupations in order to help them with career choices when the time comes.
As the year draws to a close, we wish everyone a delightful and safe summer!
Best wishes to our 4th graders as they leave us to explore new horizons.
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It’s hard to believe, but school will be out for the summer before you know it! We are well into the planning stage for the 2008-2009 school year. One of the changes that may affect your child from a health standpoint is the new Kansas Immunization policy.
Beginning next school year, immunization changes that have already been formulated by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment will be in effect!
There are two significant changes. One is that all children enrolled in school must have at least one dose of Varicella (chickenpox) vaccine, or, if they have already had the disease they will not be required to have the vaccine, but, in it’s place, must furnish documentation consisting of a signed statement by a parent or physician that includes the month and year the child had chickenpox. The varicella vaccine does not 100% immunize every child from getting the disease….it is about 85% effective, at least the last I read. At even an 85% effective rate, you can easily understand how greatly it reduces the numbers of children that get the pox and the number of school days missed! For the 15% that still get them, the cases tend to be much less severe with less school missed.
The other immunization change is that all school children through the fifth grade must have had all three doses of the Hepatitis B series of vaccinations. This series of shots takes place over a minimum of 16 weeks, so, if your child needs these shots, you’ll want to get a head start on them.
PLEASE NOTE that I am going through all of our children’s health folders to check their vaccination records. I will be sending notes home between now and the last day of school if your child is affected by the immunization policy change, and/or needs a vaccination to be current and in compliance. If you happen to have a doctor’s appointment scheduled for your child in the near future, please keep in mind these changes and have the doctor or nurse check their vaccination records.
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