Lovinggood PTSA eNews! 
Calendar Correction!

Performing Arts (for 6th and 7th graders) on October 21.
7th Grade Social

Volunteers will be collecting permission slips
October 13th-15th from 8:30AM-9:15AM
A table will be set up in the 7th grade hall
A great time to join PTSA
Now on the shelves in the
Lovinggood PTSA Bookstore
We have a new title, and it might just be what you need!
All 7th-graders who study Language Arts with Mrs. Horn, Ms. Derry or Ms. Denton will be reading The Outsiders by SE Hinton. If you plan to purchase your own copy, you don't have to travel any further than the
Lovinggood School Store,
where you can buy it for the cover price of $10.00.
Lovinggood School Store,
where you can buy it for the cover price of $10.00.
Open every morning from 8:50 - 9:15 a.m. Checks should be made payable to Lovinggood PTSA and must be written for the amount of purchase only.
Note: The PTSA School Store stocks requested books as a convenience to students, teachers and parents, but purchasing books at school is completely optional! Alternatives include visiting the public library or a local retail bookstore, or discussing with your teacher.
Note: The PTSA School Store stocks requested books as a convenience to students, teachers and parents, but purchasing books at school is completely optional! Alternatives include visiting the public library or a local retail bookstore, or discussing with your teacher.
CCSD School Health Services
Is My Student Well Enough To Go To School?
Diarrhea/Watery Stools:
- Students will be sent home from school for:
- More than two episodes of diarrhea occurring during a school day.
- One episode of diarrhea if other symptoms are present
(e.g. fever, abdominal discomfort, vomiting, etc.) - Soiling themselves or their clothing.
- Children may return to school 24 hours after the last diarrhea stool if they feel well and do not have a temperature over 99.5° F without taking a fever-reducing medication such as Tylenol.
Vomiting:
- Children will be sent home from school for:
- More than one episode of vomiting occurring during a school day.
- One episode of vomiting if other symptoms are present
(e.g. fever, abdominal discomfort, diarhea, etc.). - Soiling themselves or their clothing.
- Students may return to school 24 hours after the last vomiting episode.
Fever (Normal oral temperature is 98.6 degrees F):
- Low-grade (Oral temperature 99.5 to 100.9 degrees F):
- The school nurse will notify the parent/guardian of students with low-grade fever.
- Students with low-grade fever may remain in school if no other symptoms are present.
- Students will be sent home from school with low-grade fever if other symptoms (e.g. cough, sore throat, headache, abdominal discomfort, etc.) are present.
- High-grade:
- Oral temperature of 101 degrees F or above:
- Students will be sent home from school for a high-grade fever.
- Students may not return to school until free of fever for 24 hours.
- Students will not be dismissed to the bus with a high-grade fever.
- Oral temperature of 104 degrees F or above:
- The school nurse will institute measures to bring down the child’s temperature:
- Allow student to lie down on cot.
- Ask/assist student to remove outer layers of clothing, such as a jacket, sweater, second shirt, and shoes.
- Do not place blanket on student.
- Apply cool washcloth or towel to student’s forehead and arm pits (if area is accessible). Keep cloths cool and damp.
- Offer sips of cool water only if student is not vomiting and is free of abdominal pains.
- The parent/guardian will be notified immediately.
- The school nurse will initiate the school’s Emergency Management Plan if the parent/guardian is unable to arrive at school within fifteen minutes to pick up their student. (See Section E of Rule JLC)
- The school nurse will notify school administrator that 911 has been called.
Drainage:
- It is not necessary to exclude every student from school who has drainage from the nose, eye, ear or open sores.
- Exclusion from school will be at the discretion of the school nurse, and/or principal or designee based on the following criteria:
- Color of discharge
- Child’s personal hygiene skills and need for assistance
- Classroom setting
- Child’s developmental level

The Home of the Silver Hawks
Lovinggood PTSA - Contact Us
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- Email: LMSPres@lovinggood.ptsamail.com,
- Website: http://www.cobbk12.org/schools/lovinggood/
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