Mary, Mother of the Redeemer Catholic School

Message from the Principal

November, 2009
My thanks go out to parents and guardians who were able to attend the HSA General Meeting on October 19th. As we discussed at that time, I am writing to update our families on the status of H1N1 issues at school.
This remains an issue foremost on our minds at MMR. We continue to be in close communication with the Archdiocese of Philadelphia and the Montgomery County Department of Health to maintain a proactive approach as well as a reactive response. Early in the school year we applied to be an H1N1 vaccination site for students and siblings. As of this writing, we have not been notified either way about the status of this application. In the meantime, the following will let you know what we are doing, as well as what you can do as a parent at home, hopeful that with a unified effort we will be able to deter the virus from affecting us harshly.
At School: A commitment has been made to provide an additionally clean environment throughout the flu season. Soap, paper towels, hand sanitizers, extra cleaning around bathrooms, water fountains, doorknobs, handrails, etc. have been stepped up. Instructional best practices on coughing and sneezing are being demonstrated and emphasized. Communication of any pertinent information will occur via the website and/or the Alert Now System whenever necessary.
At Home: Keep children home who exhibit signs of illness such as fever, coughing, body aches and sore throat. Return children to school following 24 hours free from any fever after discontinuing any fever reducing medicine.
It has been our recent experience that many family physicians are not seeing children who are ill unless symptoms are of an extreme nature and/or last 5 to 7 days. If this is the case for your child, and the illness is of a duration which normally requires a doctor’s note to return to school, please indicate this status on your own note to the teacher when your child is well enough to return.
My thanks to you in advance for working so hard and for your diligence in keeping this virus at bay.
God Bless.