HEALTH & SAFETY
Your student’s health and wellness impacts their ability to learn. At Lincoln, we take a multi-faceted approach to keeping your child healthy and well. Here are some of our initiatives at Lincoln which keep your child healthy:
- In conjunction with the Department of Health and Human services, every single classroom has a HEPA air purifier.
- We began an Idle-Free initiative last year and continue to encourage you to turn off your engine while waiting for your student.
- Our lunch room provides healthy, delicious meals which cater to all allergies and dietary needs. If you have any questions about your student’s dietary needs, please contact the front office.
- Annual vision screenings for all Kindergarten, 1st , 3rd , 5th , 7th , 9th and Special Education students.
- Ongoing training and education for all staff which includes annual basic first aid, diabetes education,seizure training, concussion training and epi-pen training.
- A school nurse is available for questions regarding your student’s health. These questions may include medications to be administered, individual health plans, etc. Our school nurse is Jessica Benson, RN-BSN. She can be reached by emailing benson@lincoln-academy.org
If your student has a medical condition or diagnosis that requires them to have accommodations or
medications given at school, please contact Jessica Benson regarding their specific needs. The Individual health plans help all teaching staff to care for your student and are needed for several diagnosis, including, but not limited to: Diabetes, asthma, allergies requiring the student to carry an epipen, seizures, and any student needing medications administered during school hours. Please use the forms below if your student has any above mentioned medical condition.
Contact the School Nurse
Email Mrs. Benson
Hours
Mon-Fri: 8:00am-2:30pm
Additional Resources
Safety Drills
Lincoln Academy takes safety seriously. We practice a variety of drills on a regular basis. The faculty and students are well prepared in the event of a real emergency. Each classroom is equipped with a safety bin that has food and emergency supplies for each student in the event of a real emergency.
Fire Drills
With a simple evacuation, students and staff leave and move to a nearby pre-designated safe location and return to the school building right after the cause of evacuation is resolved. Schools practice evacuations regularly (often monthly) during fire drills.
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Shelter In Place
This is a precaution aimed to keep people safe while remaining indoors. (This is not the same thing as going to a shelter in case of a storm.) In schools, shelter-in-place involves having all students, staff, and visitors take shelter in pre-selected rooms that have phone access and stored disaster supplies kits and, preferably, access to a bathroom. The room doors are then shut.
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Lock Down Drills
A lockdown includes securing each occupied room by locking the door(s) and directing people to move away from windows and doors. Hallways are cleared of students and school staff. Typically, local law enforcement arrives to secure the site and arrange for evacuation or return to usual building activities. Students are kept in their classrooms or other secured areas in the school until the lockdown has ended.
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Earthquake Drills
This is a precaution aimed to keep people safe while remaining indoors. (This is not the same thing as going to a shelter in case of a storm.) In schools, shelter-in-place involves having all students, staff, and visitors take shelter in pre-selected rooms that have phone access and stored disaster supplies kits and, preferably, access to a bathroom.
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Dear Lincoln Academy Family,
I am excited for the new school year and most excited to see our children for another wonderful year. I accepted the position as school nurse amid the pandemic and am hopeful for a “normal” school year this coming 2022-23 year. While we encourage students to attend school every day, however, an ill child will not perform well. Please use the following guidelines and keep your child at home if any of these symptoms are present:
-fever of 100 degrees or greater (before medication)
-an undiagnosed rash
-diarrhea or vomiting
-severe sore throat
-persistent or severe cough
-persistent or severe headache
-any known communicable disease
-evidence of head lice
If your child has a fever of 100 degrees or greater, they must be fever free without medication for 24 hoursbefore returning to school. A child also needs to be free of diarrhea for 24 hours to return to school.
If your child’s doctor diagnoses them with a communicable disease, please notify the school so we can notify parents of other students in the classroom if necessary. Communicable diseases include chicken pox, Norovirus, Coxsackie virus (hand, foot, mouth disease), croup, Pertussis (whooping cough), pink eye, pinworms, impetigo, fifth disease, hepatitis, influenza A or B, measles, mumps, meningitis, strep throat, lice, ringworm, scabies, and of course COVID-19.
Inasmuch as COVID-19 continues, we plan to maintain the highest standards of cleaning at Lincoln Academy, as recommended by the health department. Please notify the school when your child will be absent as well as the reason for the absence by calling 801-756-2039 or email them at attendance@lincoln-academy.org. Thank you for your cooperation in our efforts to keep our students safe and healthy. If you have a question or concern about your child’s health, please email me at benson@lincoln-academy.org.
Jessica Benson, RN-BSN
School Nurse
Updated COVID-19 Information
Isolation: If you test positive for COVID-19 If you test positive for COVID-19 you are required to:
● Stay at home for 5 days from the day you were tested, even if you don’t have symptoms or feel sick.
● You can leave your house after 5 days if your symptoms have improved (fever-free for at least 24 hours and your symptoms have improved). You must stay home for at least 5 days.
● You need to wear a mask around others for the 5 days after the time you were isolating in your home.
● We recommend you get a COVID-19 test before returning to your normal activities (work, school, etc.) to make sure you no longer are spreading the COVID-19 virus.
● Isolation is required for all people who test positive for COVID-19 regardless of whether they are vaccinated or unvaccinated.
Quarantine: If you have been exposed to someone with COVID-19
● For people 18 years and older
If you got a booster dose OR got a second dose of Pfizer or Moderna vaccine within the last 6 months OR got a J&J vaccine within the last 2 months:
▪ You don’t need to quarantine at home. You can continue to go to work and participate in activities outside of your house.
▪ You should wear a mask for 10 days after your exposure.
▪ We recommend you get tested 5 days after you are exposed to make sure you are not positive and possibly spreading the virus to others.
If you have not gotten a booster dose OR got a Pfizer or Moderna vaccine more than last 6 months ago OR got the J&J vaccine more than last 2 months ago OR if you are unvaccinated:
▪ You should stay at home for 5 days from the day you were exposed to COVID-19.
▪ You can leave your house after 5 days as long as you don’t have any symptoms. You can return to work and participate in activities outside of your house wearing a mask.
▪ Wear a mask for 10 days after your exposure.
▪ If you can’t quarantine at home, you should wear a mask in public and around other people for the 10 days after your exposure.
▪ We recommend you get tested 5 days after you are exposed to make sure you are not positive and possibly spreading the virus to others.
● For people younger than 18 years: If you have gotten two doses of Pfizer or Moderna
▪ You don’t need to quarantine at home. You can continue to go to school, work, and participate in activities outside of your house.
▪ You should wear a mask for 10 days after your exposure.
▪ We recommend you get tested 5 days after you are exposed to make sure you are not positive and possibly spreading the virus to others.
If you have not gotten two doses of Pfizer or Moderna OR if you are unvaccinated
▪ You should stay at home for 5 days from the day you were exposed to COVID-19.
▪ You can leave your house after 5 days as long as you don’t have any symptoms. You can return to work and participate in activities outside of your house if you wear a mask.
▪ Wear a mask for 10 days after your exposure.
▪ If you can’t quarantine at home, you should wear a mask in public and around other people for the 10 days after your exposure.
▪ Students may attend school if they wear a mask for 10 days after their exposure.
▪ We recommend you get tested 5 days after you are exposed to make sure you are not positive and possibly spreading the virus to others.