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As your School Nurse, my role is to support student learning by promoting a healthy and safe environment for your child. Throughout the year you will find me in our health clinic assessing students and in the classroom reinforcing healthy habits like proper handwashing to prevent the spread of germs and the importance of making healthy food choices.

Please feel free to contact me, Blanche Graydon, [email protected], should you have any questions or concerns about the health and well being of your child.

Clinic News

Posted 10/30/2023

Vision/Hearing Screenings will begin Wednesday Nov 8th, 2023, for all 3rd Grade, & KG and Transfer Students as needed and mandated by the state of Virginia. Please call Nurse Graydon 703-445-0930 with any questions or concerns.  Thank you.

 

5/30/2023

Last Day for Medication pick up is Thursday, June 15, 2023. 

 

5/5/2023 

 

A message from the desk of Nurse Graydon:

  1. English messaging: The deadline for students to meet the immunization requirement for mandatory immunizations for public school enrollment is Thursday, August 17, 2023. If you have questions, please contact the school nurse or visit the immunization requirements webpage. Thank you for your assistance.
  2. Arabic messaging: 
  3. Chinese messaging: 学生满足公立学校入学强制免疫接种要求的最后期限为 2023 年 8 月 17 日，星期四。如果您有任何疑问，请联系学校护士或访问免疫接种要求网页。谢谢！
  4. Farsi-Darsi messaging: 
  5. Korean messaging: 

    공립학교 등록을 위해 학생의 의무 예방 접종에 대한 예방 접종 요건 충족 마감일은 2023년 8월 17일, 목요일입니다. 궁금한 점은 학교 간호사에게 연락하거나 예방 접종 요건 웹페이지를 방문하기 바랍니다. 감사합니다!

  6. Pashto messaging: 

  7. Spanish messaging: 

    La fecha límite para que los estudiantes cumplan con el requisito de vacunación y tengan las vacunas que son obligatorias para inscribirse en las escuelas públicas es del jueves 17 de agosto de 2023. Si tiene preguntas, comuníquese con la enfermera de la escuela o visite la página web de requisitos de vacunación. ¡Gracias!

     

     

  8. Urdu messaging: 

  9. Vietnamese messaging: Hạn chót để học sinh đáp ứng yêu cầu tiêm chủng bắt buộc đối với ghi danh vào các trường công lập là Thứ Năm, ngày 17 tháng 8 năm 2023. Nếu bạn có thắc mắc, vui lòng liên hệ với y tá của trường hoặc truy cập trang web yêu cầu tiêm chủng. Cảm ơn bạn!

 

 

11/7/22

Health Promotion:

As we are entering the cold and flu season, this is a reminder of the best health practices to decrease the spread and transmission of viruses in PWCS schools.   

Please remember to cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when you cough or sneeze and throw used tissues in the trash.  If you don't have a tissue, cough, or sneeze into your elbow, not your hands.  Wash hands often with soap and water for 20 seconds, dry hands with a paper towel, and use the paper towel to turn off the faucet.  If soap and water are not available, hand sanitizers may also be used to preform hand hygiene.  Remember to stay home when you’re sick until at least 24 hours without a fever or the use of fever reducing medicine.  Together we can help stop the spread of germs that may make you and others ill.

 10/21/22

Student Health Services wants to remind parents of the importance of getting their children vaccinated and submitting proof of vaccinations by the extended December 14 deadline. 

Please note: December 14, 2022 is the deadline to meet immunization compliance.

 

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Upcoming PWHD clinic for school immunizations on 11/4/22 which is for the uninsured and/or those students with no primary care provider only.  
Please note that there are 2 locations and 2 different contact numbers:
  1. Woodbridge Location: 703.792.7300 
  2. Manassas Location: 703.792.6300
We will be having limited slots from 8-2:30 to see children K-12th grade that are uninsured and/or do not have a primary care provider to be caught up with school required immunizations. We will not be seeing any child that requires tuberculosis screening or is new to the country on this date. However, if you identify a child that needs tuberculosis screening and is new to the country we can schedule them for a routine Tuesday or Wednesday immunization clinic.
Those parents interested in making appointments with us can call to schedule at 703.792.7300 at our Woodbridge location and 703.792.6300 at our Manassas location. 


 


Fifth graders need Tdap for entry into Middle School
In 2006, the Virginia General Assembly passed a law requiring all sixth-grade students have a Tetanus, Diphtheria, and Pertussis (Tdap) booster shot prior to the start of the September school year. Please give proof of this immunization to the school nurse once your child turns eleven. If your child turns eleven after Sept. 6, a doctor's note indicating when they will receive the Tdap shot is required. Shots may be obtained from your doctor, military clinics, or the health department.

Without proof of this immunization, your child will not be able to enroll in school. All PWC students must meet Virginia immunization requirements.
Please send documentation to the school nurse as soon as possible. This will help your child have a smooth transition to middle school.
Guidelines for Keeping Children Home
Illness or Injury Exclusion Criteria

Reasons for which a child may be sent home from school or for a parent to keep the child home from school.

1. Fever of 100°F and over - exclude until student has been fever-free for a least 24 hours.
2. Conjunctivitis (pink eye), strep infections, ringworm, and impetigo are all infections and must be treated with medication for a minimum of 24 hours before returning to school.
3. Rash of unknown (especially if accompanied by a fever).
4. Head injury
5. Severe coughing or difficulty breathing.
6. Colds - a child with thick or constant nasal discharge should remain home.
7. Diarrhea or vomiting - exclude until student has been symptom-free for a least 24 hours.
8. Stiff neck associated with a fever and/or a recent injury.
9. Inadequate immunizations with known disease outbreak in school.
10. Refer to the VDOH "Communicable Disease Reference Chart for School Personnel" for other exclusions/information.