Dear Parents,

The health and safety of your child(ren) is a high priority for Yanbu International School.

We are working closely with the RCMC Public Health Department to monitor flu conditions and make decisions about the best steps to take concerning schools. We will keep you updated with new information as it becomes available.

For now we are doing everything we can to keep our school functioning as usual. Here are a few things you can do to help:

• Teach your children to wash their hands often with soap and water or an alcohol-based hand rub. You can set a good example by doing this yourself.
• Teach your children not to share personal items like drinks, food or unwashed utensils, and to cover their coughs and sneezes with tissues. Covering up their coughs or sneezes using the elbow, arm or sleeve instead of the hand when a tissue is unavailable.
• Know the signs and symptoms of the flu. Symptoms of the flu include fever (100 degrees Fahrenheit, 37.8 degrees Celsius or greater), cough, sore throat, a runny or stuffy nose, body aches, headache, and feeling very tired. Some people may also vomit or have diarrhea.
• Keep sick children at home for at least 24 hours after they no longer have fever or do not have signs of fever, without using fever-reducing drugs. Keeping children with a fever at home will reduce the number of people who may get infected.
• Do not send children to school if they are sick. Any children who are determined to be sick while at school will be sent home .

Please click here for a brochure with more information about H1N1, or contact me for more information about flu in our community and what our school is doing about it. Click here for a Powerpoint presentation with even more interesting and helpful information about N1H1.

You may call me at 392-1088 ext 106 or email me at abaldoz@isghdh.org for any questions or concerns that you may have.

I am looking forward to having a healthy school year with your children,

Aveegayle Baldoz, RN
School Nurse