HEALTH Parenting for your Child’s Success
o Start your child’s day on a positive note. Provide a nourishing breakfast and a stress-free morning. o Establish a set bedtime for school nights. Children are at their best when they have had a restful sleep. o Don’t over-schedule after-school activities. Allow your child ample time to relax, do homework, and socialize with friends. o Establish a daily homework schedule and provide a quiet place to do homework. o Check your child’s backpack and homework folder daily for correspondence, or check-in with Brightwheel (EC families), Veracross (K-8 families) or emails for classroom updates and child’s progress. Read the “E- News” for important school updates. o Establish routines and boundaries at home — practicing responsibility for belongings; refraining from interrupting, keeping to daily/weekly household chores, maintain hygiene before going to bed, etc. o Limit your child’s time spent watching T.V. and playing electronic games. Make reading and family conversation part of your daily routine. o Be supportive of your child’s efforts and accomplishments and do not set unreasonable expectations. Use positive reinforcements. o Help your child develop proper respect for adult authority. If you disagree with the child’s teachers, do not do so in the child’s presence or through a note your child can read. Deal directly with your child’s teacher. o Help your child understand that you support the school rules, regulations, and the consequences for breaking these rules and regulations. Illness Children are susceptible to illnesses and, therefore, it is necessary to enforce the following: o All children must have a current medical form on file, and immunizations must be current in order for your child to begin school. o Effective August 1, 2000, children attending a child-care facility ages one year or older are required to be vaccinated against Varicella (Chicken Pox) or must provide documentation of previous Varicella illness. o The Texas Department of Family & Protective Services no longer requires proof of Tuberculosis (tb) testing. All medical forms must be updated annually before each school year. Immunization Each student enrolled at Levine Academy is required to be immunized against vaccine-preventable infectious diseases according to the latest immunization schedule set forth by the Texas Department of State Health Services. We accept medical exemptions granted by a licensed, United States board-certified allergist, immunologist, hematologist, or oncologist, provided the exemption is original, written, and dated within one year of issuance (unless indicating a lifelong exemption). Please note that Levine Academy no longer accepts Affidavits for Immunization Exemption for Reasons of Conscience. It is mandatory for each student to maintain a current immunization record on file. Students will not be allowed to attend classes unless their immunizations are up to date, and current health records are on file in the Nursing Clinic. Those with communicable diseases, such as strep, pink eye, and impetigo, must be on an antibiotic for 24 hours before returning to school.
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