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A Note from the Health Center
As we head into colder weather, colds, cases of flu, and other respiratory illnesses are more common. We are seeing an increase in students out sick with influenza-like illnesses in all divisions.
Teach your child the following ways to avoid getting and spreading infection:
- Wash hands frequently with soap and water
- If soap and water are not available, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer
- Cover coughs and sneezes (we teach them to cough into a tissue, their upper sleeve or elbow, not their hands)
- Avoid touching your face with unwashed hands
- Avoid social gatherings when ill
Consider having all eligible household members vaccinated for influenza as soon as possible; it is not too late. Children 6 months and older can receive a flu shot.
Please remember our general attendance guidelines and keep your child at home if they have any of the following symptoms:
- Temperature over 100.4: Return when fever free for 24 hours without the use of fever reducing medication.
- Vomiting - 2 or more times in 24 hours: Return after tolerating 1 to 2 meals without vomiting.
- Diarrhea - 3 or more episodes of loose stools in a 24-hour period: Return once diarrhea free for 24 hours without the use of diarrhea-suppressing medication.
For more information about the flu visit: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/prevent/index.html
Information about similarities between flu and COVID-19: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/symptoms/flu-vs-covid19.htm
Please contact Erika Herridge with any questions at 214.360.6566 or eherridge@hockaday.org.
The Hockaday School
Within the private school community, The Hockaday School is an independent college-preparatory day school for girls from grades PK–12 located in Dallas, Texas. Students realize their limitless potential through challenging academic curricula, arts, athletics, and extracurricular programs so that they are inspired to lead lives of purpose and impact.
The Hockaday School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ethnicity, creed, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or any other status protected by applicable law in the administration of its educational, admissions, financial aid, athletic, and other policies and programs.
The Hockaday School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ethnicity, creed, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or any other status protected by applicable law in the administration of its educational, admissions, financial aid, athletic, and other policies and programs.