Cape Cod technical High Schoool issued the following announcement on Feb. 27.
Dear Parents of Cape Cod Tech Students,
Keeping students attending school is one of our key missions at Cape Cod Regional Technical High School. Therefore, we at Cape Cod Tech have been working with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and Harwich health departments to reduce the spread of the flu and the COVID-19 virus. These viruses can pose serious health issues, but with your help and the help of others, we can keep your students in school.
Here is a CDC factsheet on COVID-19: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/downloads/2019-ncov-factsheet.pdf
In order to be proactive and limit your student’s chance of contracting either the flu or COVID-19, please:
- Teach your student proper hygiene: Encourage them to wash their hands with soap and water or an alcohol-based hand rub, inform them to cover their coughs and sneezes with tissues, or when a tissue is not available to cough/sneeze into their elbow. If they cover with their hands, wash their hands immediately.
- Inform your student not to share personal items: Keep drinks, water bottles, food or utensils to themselves. Please also recommend to them to limit their affection to others i.e. do not hug/kiss all of their friends hello, put their arm around friends and limit their intimate encounters if their significant other is ill.
- Know the signs and symptoms of the flu: Symptoms of the flu include fever (100.4 Fahrenheit or greater) cough, sore throat, shortness of breath, runny or stuffy nose, body aches, headache and feeling tired. Vomiting and diarrhea also may be a symptom. Contact your local doctor for further direction.
- Keep sick children at home: for at least 24 hours after they no longer have a fever without using fever-reducing medications. Keeping students at home will help reduce the number of people who may get infected.
- Do not send children to school if they are sick. Any child who exhibits flu-like symptoms while at school will be sent home.
CDC Recommends:
It is currently flu and respiratory disease season and CDC recommends getting a flu vaccine, taking everyday preventive actions to help stop the spread of germs, and taking flu antivirals if prescribed.
We will continue to provide you with information as things progress through mailings, letters sent home through students and electronic phone messages. Please carefully read all the material sent home, as your student’s health may be dependent on the information provided. Mrs. Wahtola, our school nurse, will be available if you have any questions via email gwahtola@capetech.us
Sincerely,
Gretchen Wahtola
School Nurse
Robert Sanborn
Superintendent-Director
William Terranova
Principal
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