Physical and Mental Health Services

Nursing Staff

Mental Health Staff

Athletic Trainers

EA's on-campus Lower, Middle, and Upper School mental health professionals provide individual and group counseling support to address social, emotional, and behavioral needs. This includes responding to mental-health crises that may arise; working collaboratively with students, families, faculty, chaplains, nurses and administrators; and serving as the EA liaison with external professionals working with EA students. Mental health professionals also assist the school’s learning specialists in interpreting psycho-educational evaluations and generating education plans for students.

Keep your child at home if any of these conditions exist:

• Any COVID-19 symptoms (please see COVID-19 Symptoms tab)
• Temperature of 100 degrees or more within the past 24 hours (without Tylenol or other anti-fever medication)
• Vomiting or diarrhea within the past 24 hours
• When strep is suspected, but the results of a throat culture are not yet known.
• A positive throat culture for strep: student should be on antibiotic treatment for 24 hours before returning to school
• Any symptoms of acute illness such as persistent cough or runny nose accompanied by body aches
• A red eye with crust, mucous or excessive tearing (until diagnosed by a physician and treated with medication for 24 hours if "pink eye")
• Any skin lesion with honey-brown crusts (until diagnosed by a physician and treated with medication for 24 hours if "impetigo")
• Skin Lesion: A mildly itchy ring shaped pink patch with a scaly, raised border and a clear center (until diagnosed by a physician and treated with anti-fungal cream if "ringworm")
• Any Rash (unless determined to be non-communicable by physician)
• If your child requires any medication for pain stronger than Tylenol or Ibuprofen, they should not attend school.
• These guideline will help parents determine if a child should attend school or other activities. Your child should look and behave like him/herself for 24 to 48 hours before returning to school: A sick child who returns to school too soon is at risk for picking up other infections due to lowered immunity A child who is still sick is likely to infect other students and staff.

Please notify school if your child develops any communicable condition such as: Strep Throat, Chicken Pox, Pinworm and Headlice.

Illness and Return to School:

• Chickenpox: May return six days after the last crop of vesicles and vesicles must be crusted.
• Fifth Disease: Children with fifth disease are not excluded from school. However parents should notify School Nurse.
• German Measles, Measles, Mumps, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Pertussis, and Meningitis: Require a physician's note to return to school.
• Head Lice: Students may return when appropriately treated with a pediculocide.

Remind your child about frequent hand washing. It is the most effective means of preventing the spread of communicable disease.

If a student has head lice, he or she may return when appropriately treated with a pediculicide.

Your child's School Nurse is a valuable resource in the prevention and treatment of head lice. No pediculocide is 100% effective; therefore, removal of all nits is essential to prevent reinfestation. Please notify the school nurse if your child has been treated for head lice.

It is advisable for parents to check their child's hair for head lice weekly. Learn more here.

Many children have food allergies. Please report all food allergies to the Nurse’s Office so we may create an individualized care plan for each student with an allergy. The Episcopal Academy is not a nut free school; however, compliance to the following guidelines is expected:

• Food Allergy Requirements: No peanut or nut products should be brought to school for bake sales, class snacks, parties and bus trips.
• When an individual food allergy care plan is in place, students and parents are expected to adhere to the plan.
• Encourage your student not to share food with their friends.

For more information on food allergies and anaphylaxis, access The Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network at www.foodallergy.org

Policy on Automated External Defibrillators (AED)

Automated External Defibrillator is a life saving device that is used to restart the heart of a sudden cardiac arrest victim. Children, as well as adults, may fall victim to this life threatening arrhythmia.

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The Episcopal Academy has nine AEDs on campus in the following locations:

• Welcome Center at front of campus near baseball field
• Lower School, Main Lobby
• Academic Center, first floor Science Hall
• Crawford Campus Center, outside of Theater
• Chapel, main sanctuary
• Dixon Athletic Center, outside of wrestling office
• Tennis Pavilion
• Athletic Trainers (two; mobile)

The AEDs are kept in unlocked cabinets while the buildings are open. AEDs are recommended for trained personnel, but can be used by any willing first responder. Our School Nurses, Athletic Trainers and the majority of our employees are certified to use the AEDs. Certification of additional faculty and staff is ongoing.

People with COVID-19 have had a wide range of symptoms reported. Symptoms may appear 2-14 days after exposure to the virus. If your child displays the following symptoms, please keep them at home and contact our Health Services staff or your family doctor:

• Fever or chills
• Cough
• Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
• Fatigue
• Muscle or body aches
• Headache
• New loss of taste or smell
• Sore throat
• Congestion or runny nose
• Nausea or vomiting
• Diarrhea