Health and Wellness
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COVID-19 Return to School Criteria
Revision: 06/09/2022 Please review the quarantine and return to school criteria below in the event your family comes in close contact or tests positive for COVID-19. |
COVID-19 Daily Wellness Check Reminder
Revision: 06/09/2022 Help to keep our campus safe by checking for the COVID-19-like symptoms listed below before coming to campus. Please stay home if you are sick! |
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Notice on Physical Exam Requirement
The Hawaii State Department of Education and Health are collaborating on ways to protect and ensure the health of our keiki. We know adolescence is a time of tremendous physical, emotional, and social change, and a physical exam can help to prevent health issues from developing.
To help Prepare your child for Seventh Grade State law requires all public school students to complete a physical exam, also called a well child visit, within 12 months before starting seventh grade. It is important to plan ahead and schedule an appointment for your child before the seventh grade school year begins.
For more information and the required Student Health Record (Form 14), see 7th Grade Physical Exam page on the school website.
If you have any questions please call Keaau Middle School Health Room (808)313-4816. Click here for more information.
The Hawaii State Department of Education and Health are collaborating on ways to protect and ensure the health of our keiki. We know adolescence is a time of tremendous physical, emotional, and social change, and a physical exam can help to prevent health issues from developing.
To help Prepare your child for Seventh Grade State law requires all public school students to complete a physical exam, also called a well child visit, within 12 months before starting seventh grade. It is important to plan ahead and schedule an appointment for your child before the seventh grade school year begins.
For more information and the required Student Health Record (Form 14), see 7th Grade Physical Exam page on the school website.
If you have any questions please call Keaau Middle School Health Room (808)313-4816. Click here for more information.
Uku Information
Classroom and school-wide screenings are no longer being done since these efforts have not shown to decrease the presence of ukus in schools. If you would like more information about ukus please call the school health aide(313-4816)
Preteen/Teen Immunization Information
The Hawaii State Department of Education (HIDOE) is assisting the Department of Health (DOH) in promoting awareness of recommended vaccines to protect the health of adolescents. Please replicate and post the following very important information via any means of electronic communication used by your school in communicating information to parents:
Important Message for Parents from the Hawaii State Department of Health
Protect your child’s health against serious, sometimes life-threatening diseases. The effectiveness of childhood vaccines can decrease over time. Preteens and teens are also at risk for different disease as they get older.
Protect the health of your preteen or teen with four (4) important vaccines recommended by the DOH DOCD:
Take your child to his/her primary care provider to receive these vaccines. For more information, visit health.hawaii.com
Thank you for your cooperation. Should you have further questions, please contact Timothy Lino, Ed.D., Administrator, School Health Section at (808) 305-9787 or via Lotus Notes.
Important Message for Parents from the Hawaii State Department of Health
Protect your child’s health against serious, sometimes life-threatening diseases. The effectiveness of childhood vaccines can decrease over time. Preteens and teens are also at risk for different disease as they get older.
Protect the health of your preteen or teen with four (4) important vaccines recommended by the DOH DOCD:
- Pertussis (whooping cough) - http://health.hawaii.gov/docd/disease_listing/pertussis/
- Meningococcal infection - http://health.hawaii.gov/docd/disease_listing/meningococcal/
- Human papillomavirus (HPV) - http://health.hawaii.gov/docd/disease_listing/human-papillomavirus-hpv/
- Influenza - flu - http://health.hawaii.gov/docd/disease_listing/influenza-flu/
Take your child to his/her primary care provider to receive these vaccines. For more information, visit health.hawaii.com
Thank you for your cooperation. Should you have further questions, please contact Timothy Lino, Ed.D., Administrator, School Health Section at (808) 305-9787 or via Lotus Notes.
Disease |
Vaccine |
When and How Many |
Pertussis (Whopping Cough) |
Tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis (Tdap) vaccine |
One dose at age 11 or 12 years |
Meningococcal Infection |
Quadrivalent meningococcal vaccine (MCV4) ---------- Serogroup B meningococcal vaccine (MenB |
Two doses: one at age 11 or 12 years and a booster dose at age 16 years ---------- Two or three doses at age 16-18 |
Human Papillomavirus (HPV) |
Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine |
Two or three doses, depending on age, starting at age 11 or 12 years |
Influenza or "Flu" |
Flu vaccine |
One dose every year |
DOE Health and Wellness Guidelines
Community Eligibility Provision Pilot Program
The Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) allows a school district, a group of schools or a single school to serve free meals to everyone even if they do not qualify for the free or reduced lunch reimbursement.
In the 2018-19 school year, the Hawaii State Department of Education (HIDOE) has selected Kea'au Middle School as one of many; to allow all students (at selected schools) to receive free meal service which includes free breakfast and free lunch. No signups are needed.
Please visit the following link to read more about the Community Eligibility Provision:
www.hawaiipublicschools.org/TeachingAndLearning/HealthAndNutrition/StudentHealthResources/Pages/CEP.aspx
In the 2018-19 school year, the Hawaii State Department of Education (HIDOE) has selected Kea'au Middle School as one of many; to allow all students (at selected schools) to receive free meal service which includes free breakfast and free lunch. No signups are needed.
Please visit the following link to read more about the Community Eligibility Provision:
www.hawaiipublicschools.org/TeachingAndLearning/HealthAndNutrition/StudentHealthResources/Pages/CEP.aspx
Uku Information
Treatment
Uku Free House
What are ukus?
Facts about Ukus
How Do People Get Ukus?
How to prevent from getting ukus?
Symptoms of Ukus
Checking for ukuks
- Everyone in the household should be checked and those with live ukus should be treated
- Get medicine that kills ukus from a local pharmacy or call your child's medical provider for a prescription
- Follow the directions on the medicine box, which may state to repeat in about a week to kill newly hatched ukus.
- Use a fine tooth comb to remove dad ukus and nits from your child's hair after treatment and every 2-3 days for 2-3 weeks.
Uku Free House
- Machine wash and dry all clothing, bed linens, and other items that the person, with live ukus, used during the 2 days before treatment, using the hot water laundry cycle and the high heat drying cycle.
- For items that cannot be washed, keep sealed in plastic bags for 2 weeks.
- Soak combs and brushes in hot water (at least 130 degrees Fahrenheit) for 5-10 minutes
- Vacuum the floor and furniture, particularly where the person with live ukus, sat or lied down.
- Do not use fumigant sprays; they can be toxic if inhaled or absorbed through the skin.
What are ukus?
- Ukus (head lice) are tiny wingless insects, about the size of sesame seeds.
- They live on the human scalp and feed off of human blood.
- Adults can live for about 30 days on a person's head.
- Female lice lay eggs called nits, which they glue to the hair shafts until they hatch in 8-9 days
- Without feeding on human blood, they die within 2 days.
Facts about Ukus
- Ukus are found worldwide
- anyone can get ukus
- ukus do not transmit diseases
- ukus do not jump or fly, they crawl
- pets do not spread ukus
- swimming will not kill ukus
How Do People Get Ukus?
- Ukus are spread by direct head-to-head contact at home, school, church, sports, camp, etc.
- Indirect sharing of hats, combs, hair ties, and head phones rarely leads to spread
- Check with your child's school regarding their head lice procedure.
How to prevent from getting ukus?
- Avoid direct head-to-head contact
- Do not share items such as hats, combs, brushes, hair ties, etc.
- Check your child's head routinely for ukus and nits
Symptoms of Ukus
- Itching, of the scalp
- Tickling, feeling on the scalp or in the hair
- Irritability, and difficulty sleeping
- Sores, on the head from scratching
Checking for ukuks
- Part your child's hair and look for anything moving along the scalp. Especially behind the ears and back of the neck.
- Look for eggs or nits attached to the hair shaft near the scalp. Nits are not easily removed which helps to differentiate from things like dandruff.
- If any live ukus are found, the next step is treatment.
- Call your medical provider if you have any concerns or if you are not sure on how to check for ukus or which treatment to use