Centennial Newsletter 08.21.25
AUGUST 21, 2025
Welcome to the 25-26 school year! I am Chantal Rufus. I’ve been the school nurse at Centennial since 2020. I’m on campus daily and looking forward to getting to know you and your child. There are a few things that I would like to share with you:
- Change of clothes—Please keep a change of clothes in your child’s backpack in the event of a spill or muddy accident at recess. Trust me, it happens. If they have an accident and don’t have a change of clothes, we’ll call you to bring one to school.
- Illness Prevention—We practice hand hygiene and covering your cough at Centennial. We teach students to wash their hands after using the restroom, clean hands before eating and cough/sneeze into their elbow to prevent the spread of germs and stay healthy.
- Illness—Please keep students at home when they have any symptom of a possible communicable disease:
- Fever of 100° or more for the duration of the fever plus an additional 24 hours after cessation without fever-reducing medication
- Vomiting or diarrhea for 24 hours after cessation
- Generalized rash
- Oozing wounds that cannot be kept dry and covered
- Red, draining eye
- Untreated live lice
- If your child tests positive for COVID-19, please report that to me. They must quarantine at home for a full 5 days.
- Medication— Only medications that cannot be given at home will be given at school. If your child needs to take medication at school, a parent/guardian must bring the medication to the clinic and complete an authorization form. For the safety of all students, please do not send medications to school with your child. Medications are considered to be any pills, liquids, inhalers, sprays, eye drops, ear drops, cough drops or topically applied creams or ointments that are expected to relieve symptoms.
- Screenings—Hearing and vision screenings will be conducted in the fall for all Kindergarten, 1st, 3rd and 5th graders. If your child needs further assessment, you will be contacted.
- Breakfast—It really is the most important meal of the day! Many times, students show up in the clinic with a tummy ache or headache because they haven’t eaten. Please be sure your student gets up early enough to eat before school. Our school cafeteria offers breakfast daily from 7:00—7:30 am.
Please contact me if you have any questions!
Nurse Rufus
469.752.0709
The Plano Public Library is here to support learners! We have five locations throughout the city and many resources that can be accessed from home including:
- Libby: downloadable e-books, audiobooks, and magazines
- Kanopy: streaming movies and shows for all ages
- Learning Express Library for test prep
All of these services are completely free, visit planolibrary.org to register for a card.
Also, visit our online calendar to find free events for all ages including our celebration of all things STEAM coming this fall!
Stay in-touch by following the Plano Public Library on Instagram, Facebook and YouTube!
To keep kids motivated, Centennial students can participate in one or more of our fun reading challenges:
40 Book Challenge: Yearlong challenge that encourages students to read a wide variety of books
Little Maverick: Reading list of graphic novels designed for children in grades K-5.
Texas 2 x 2: Beautifully illustrated, often humorous and instructive volumes are the best of recent books meant for children 2 years old to grade two.
- Texas Bluebonnet: The titles on the list offer students in third through sixth grades quality fiction and nonfiction literature to be read for pleasure.