Whenever children are in a group situation, they are more prone to illness. This is another reason it is very important to keep your child clean and nourished with well-balanced meals. Remind your child to wash his/her hands thoroughly after bathroom usage and to keep all nonfood items out of his/her mouth. Teach your child the Islamic etiquette for bathroom usage – sitting on the toilet for both girls and boys, using water for cleansing of the private body parts.

Please read carefully and observe these policies meticulously. These have been formulated with the best interest of all children in mind. It is the policy of ISC-M that each student must be administered a physical examination prior to the first day at school.

ISC-M requires an up to date immunization record in every student’s file at School.

Please keep your child home if s/he exhibits any of the following symptoms of illness:

• An elevated temperature of 100.2 degrees F. or higher.
  
• A severe cold (sore throat, running nose, cough, sneezing, and earache, or inflamed or discharging eyes).
  
• A rash that has not been diagnosed by a physician as non-contagious.
  
• An upset stomach within last twenty-four hours including vomiting, diarrhea, and/or abdominal cramps.
  

If a child develops any of these symptoms at School, respective parents will be contacted immediately. The child must be picked up from School within one hour of contact.

Children may return to School 24 hours after the disappearance of all symptoms including fever and should be “Tylenol free”. Children returning with any of the symptoms of illness mentioned above will be immediately sent home.

Please note, although a registered nurse is not located at ISC-M, one is available on call for consultation and emergency care at all times. As such, if any medicine is brought to School a teacher under the following conditions can only administer it:
a) Medication is labeled with the child’s name.
b) Written instructions and a written request for a staff member to administer medication and a parent’s signature must accompany the medicine.

All medication must be stored in the office before and after dispensation. No child should have any kind of medication including aspirin/Tylenol upon his/her person.

If your child develops any communicable health problems (i.e.— chicken pox, measles, etc.), please call the School so that we may notify other parents.