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**Family Page**



**Coffee Hour** Coffee Hour will be held on Thursday, February 17th from 9:00-11:00 AM in the fellowship hall. Please come to enjoy a cup of coffee or tea and be involved in the school community. We look, forward to seeing you there!



It is that time of year again when children and adults are ill with signs and symptoms of colds, flu and other infections. This is an excellent time to remember some health habits that may help us stay well. ** Please take a few moments to go over the following information with your child: ** Keep away from germs! · Cover your cough! · Use tissue instead of hankies when ill, coughing, or sneezing. · Cough or sneeze into the elbow bend of the arm if possible, or into the hands and tissue, then ... ** Wash those hands effectively! **  · ** Effective hand washing ** is the number one way to keep germs from entering our bodies. “Effective” means using plenty of soap and water, scrubbing palms of hands, fingernails, around wrists and in between fingers and under rings for ** 30 seconds ** then rinsing and drying. · Wash hands after recess or gym, before eating or preparing food, after using the restroom or blowing a nose, coughing or sneezing and after handling pets. · Do not touch the blood or body fluids of another person. Ask an adult for help.

You will be asked to take your child home if there is: · Rash or unusual skin color or marks ** with or without fever ** · Skin lesions or sores that are “weepy” fluid or pus-filled or draining · Fever of 100.5 degrees or higher · Vomiting · Diarrhea · Colored (yellow/green) drainage from eyes or ears

Call your health care provider for any unusual or concerning signs and symptoms: · Stiff neck or headache with fever · Behavior changes of irritability, sleepiness, fatigue or complaints of illness with inability to participate in school activities. o · Prolonged diarrhea (three watery or loose stools per day lasting more than three days) · Breathing difficulties

**Community Resources** Oregon Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program · [] Clackamas County Community Resource Guide · [] Clackamas Service District · []