Bobcat Bulletin

Byrd Families,

Happy Fall! Thank you to our amazing parent volunteers and our staff for making our first-ever Fall Festival a HUGE success! Last night was such a memorable event. I loved seeing our families out having a great time together. Our community is special, and this was evident last night. Please check out the gift baskets available in the silent auction now through November 2nd at noon.

Congratulations to our student council members (3rd-5th grades), who were elected by their classes to serve as representatives for their classes. The student council will be completing service projects and supporting the campus. Thank you to Mrs. Green and Ms. Johnston for serving as the sponsors for the program.

Thank you all for supporting our fall fundraiser. The Fun Run was very successful! We reached our goal of $40,000. We will be using the money raised this year, along with the funds from last year, to enhance our playground. Playground equipment is very expensive, so we must save up to get a few pieces of equipment and shade for the playground.

I am extremely proud of the academic successes our students are achieving this year. Thank you for sharing your children with us.

Love, Dr. Amy Frank

Keeping Sick Children at Home

A sick child who is unable to participate in school in a meaningful way should be kept home to rest and recover until symptoms resolve.

Keeping a sick child home also protects other children, school staff, and visiting community members from contracting an illness that can be spread from person to person.

Please be aware of the following guidelines for school attendance.

· Fever: A child must remain home with fever equal to or > 100° F and may only return after he/she has been fever free for 24 hours without fever-reducing medicine such as Tylenol or Motrin.

· Diarrhea/Vomiting: A child with diarrhea and/or vomiting must stay at home and may return to school only after being symptom-free for 24 hours.

· Conjunctivitis (Pink Eye): Following a diagnosis of pink eye, a child may return to school 24 hours after the first dose of prescribed medication has been administered.

· Rashes: Common infectious diseases with rashes are most contagious in the early stages. A child with a suspicious rash must stay at home and may return to school after a health care provider has made a diagnosis and authorizes the child's return to school in writing or symptoms have resolved completely.

· Head lice (pediculosis): Students who have an active case of live lice may attend school only after treatment which eliminates all live lice. Head lice do not jump or fly and are most commonly contracted by head-to-head touch. Head lice are common in school-aged children, so parents should routinely monitor children for live lice and teach the avoidance of behaviors that spread lice.

If you take your child to a healthcare provider for an evaluation of illness or injury, please be sure to request a written letter stating when your child may return to school and any accommodations required upon his/her return.

A healthy school community requires parents and schools to partner with each other. To prevent/minimize local outbreaks of contagious disease, parents must keep children who have an illness that can be spread from person to person at home, and CFISD school nurses will exclude students with symptoms of a communicable illness from school attendance.

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There will be 12 lunch visitors, per day, per grade level (K-5) on Wednesday and Friday of each week.

Please make sure you only sign up for one slot per child, per month, as we want to make sure every parent has an opportunity.

Students may have lunch visitors who are guardians and grandparents. For non-guardians to attend, a note from a guardian must be sent on the day of the visit. This is for the safety of our children.

Visitors who have not signed up in advance will not be accommodated.

Pre-K lunch visitors will begin in January