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Nurse’s Notes

Wellness Committee Meeting on April 9, 2025 in the nurse’s office at AVS. All are welcome. We will try to have meetings on the second Wednesday of the month. Feel free to contact me. This date may get moved or cancelled due to Parent Teacher’s Conference that day.

Consider extra clothes for your child

Winter is here, although it has not snowed all that much, YET, as a suggestion for the younger students, please consider packing extra clothes should your child get wet at recess. Mrs. Hurley and I have only a limited supply of dry clothes. As for the older students, please also consider having dry clothes in your locker as some of you have forgotten that slides are wet after it rains or snows and the nurse’s office will likely not have clothes that fit you.

Students permitted to self-carry Albuterol and Epi-pens.

Many parents have asked about their child carrying their prescribed inhalers and/or epi-pens in lieu of leaving them in the nurse’s office. Students are permitted to carry their rescue inhalers and/or epi-pens on them. To do so, the State of NH requires a physician’s “action plan” that permits the student to carry and the parent must grant permission. For those that choose to self-carry, they are still encouraged to come to the office if they feel inhaler medication is ineffective. For any epi-pen use, whether self-carried or administered by the nurse/staff, emergency medical services (EMS) and parents will be notified. Therefore, those who self-carry epi-pens must make it a point to notify a staff member so that EMS and parents can be notified.

Auburn Village School 
Wellness Committee

Event information coming!

Wellness Committee

2024/2025 School Year

Meeting #3: March 12, 2025

Participants:

Sarah Belanger

Melanie Avellino

Anita Lombardo

Megan Ahnen

Billie Mullen

Jessica Szalowski (community)

  Meeting Dates:

Second Wednesday of every month

 Activities scheduled for 2024/2025 School Year:

 1.       Lion’s Club vision screening is being held today, 3/12/24, to detect any vision anomalies. The grades are Pre-K, K, 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th.

a.       If anomalies are detected, recommendations will be sent home to parents to have their child further assessed.

 2.       Minding your mind speaker

Mental health awareness. April 24, 2025. We will have two sessions

a.       5th and 6th: More general information about recognizing and being there for each other

b.       7th and 8th: Stories of a woman’s journey of mental health, depression and anxiety.

It will be a rally to discuss mental health, however, it will not affect gym classes.

 

Parents will receive more information regarding the context prior to the event for opting out.

3.       AED for the second floor.

a.       AED for the second floor is going through the approval process. In addition, to an updated AED in front of the nurse’s office

b.       All three AEDs will be the same

c.       We are working with Jessica from the American Heart Association to get some trainers that are the same, or very similar so that the students can become familiar with the AEDs that will be here.

d.       AED training will likely be done in Health class with Mrs. Ashness. Details are in the works.

 4.       Earth Day

a.       May 21, 2025 from 9:00-12:00

Shout out to Kindergarten and first grade who delighted the residents at the nursing home with valentines’ cards

 

Things up for discussion next week

5.       Walk NH

a.       April 2024

b.       Through the State of NH

6.       Kickball Tournament

a.       May 2024

 Completed Activity

1.                       PACK week

a.       Week of 12/9 to 12/13

                                         i.      Free samples of a different color food for a few days for 3 days

 2.        Kids Heart Challenge in February

a.       Goals:

                                            i.      Keeps kids moving

                                            ii.      Less screen time

                                            iii.      Education on CPR, stroke recognition. 8th grade CPR with Mrs. Ashness

                                                     iv.      Mental Health/Holistic education: reduce stress and anxiety

b.       Resources will be for all year with pre-created lesson plans and activities

c.       They will take over 2 Brave Rallies to kick start their events

Unfortunately, the brave rally was cancelled.

 American Heart Association (Kids Heart Challenge) Was completed.

The program details:

                    Grade: K through 12 that centers around 3-4 weeks of challenges to get healthy through exercise, education and mental health. This year is the “Year of the Ducks” that will utilize duck characters to motivate the students to participate in the activities.

                    Mission: Finn’s Mission. Finn is a 9-year-old boy that has underwent 18 cardiac surgeries. The Heart Challenges are based around 18 challenges to represent Finn’s 18 surgeries, and to educate CPR to 1.8 million families.

                    The Kids Heart Challenge was completed.

§  6 students completed Finn’s mission

§  26 students registered

§  $2409.71 was raised. Unfortunately, we did not reach the $4,000 goal.

 

Meeting #2:  January 8, 2025

Participants:

Sarah Belanger

Melanie Avellino

Anita Lombardo

Steve Tewksbury

Megan Ahnen

Billie Mullen

Sharon Graves

 

Meeting Dates:

Second Wednesday of every month

 Possible Activities for 2024/2025 School Year:

 1.       Kids Heart Challenge in February (AVS is focusing on Elementary Grades)

a.       Kick off

                         i.      Send email to have Jennifer from Heart Challenge come in to explain the challenge -estimated date of 1/31 at 0930

                          ii.      Anita/Dr. Collins will send Bloomz out to parents to expect the “save the date” information coming home with the students

                            iii.      The week of 1/13 will send home the “save the date” information

                            iv.      Elementary rally will be 1/31 time to be determine (0930 or 214) for K through 4th

b.       March 5th from 315 to 415 with be the Finally Rally

 

2.       Minding Your Mind speaker

a.       Expected date 4/24/2-025 from 0820 to 0900 to

                              i.      Grades 6th 7th and 8th

                               ii.      Mental health awareness and overcoming stigmas

3.       Lions Club Vision Screening

a.       Scheduled 3/12/2025

                                 i.      “Child Find” and Grades PreK, K, 1st, 3rd, 5th,7th, and for any student outside those grades that a parent would like screened.

Completed Activity

1.       PACK week

a.       Week of 12/9 to 12/13

                            i.      Free samples of a different color food for a few days for 3 days

 

From Previous Meeting on 11/13/24

2.       Walk NH

a.       April 2024

b.       Through the State of NH

3.       Kickball Tournament

a.       May 2024

4.       Earth Day

a.       May 2024

 

Meeting #1: November 13, 2024

Participants:

Sarah Belanger

Melanie Avellino

Anita Lombardo

Steve Tewksbury

Megan Ahnen

Billie Mullen

Jessica Szalowski (community)

Robyn Birren (American Heart Challenge)

Jennifer McAninch (American Heart Challenge)

Abby Bartley (American Heart Challenge)

Second Wednesday of every month.  

Possible activities for 2024/2025 School Year:

  1. Kids Heart Challenge in February
  1. Goals:
  1. Keeps kids moving
  2. Less screen time
  3. Education on CPR, stroke recognition. 8th grade CPR with Mrs. Ashness
  4. Mental Health/Holistic education: reduce stress and anxiety
  1. Resources will be for all year with pre-created lesson plans and activities
  2. They will take over 2 Brave Rallies to kick start their events
  1. Minding your mind speaker.
    a. We would like to have them come in May to do a Brave Rally and discuss mental health
  2. AED for the second floor.

Things up for discussion at our next meeting

  1. Walk NH
  1. April 2024
  2. Through the State of NH
  1. Kickball Tournament
  1. May 2024
  1. PACK week
  1. Free samples of a different color food for a few days – 2-3 days
  2. June 2024 - question about changing the date – maybe November
  1. Earth Day
  1. May 2024

American Heart Association (Kids Heart Challenge)

The program details:

        Grade: K through 12 that centers around 3-4 weeks of challenges to get healthy through exercise, education and mental health. This year is the “Year of the Ducks” that will utilize duck characters to motivate the students to participate in the activities.

        Mission: Finn’s Mission. Finn is a 9-year-old boy that has undergone 18 cardiac surgeries. The Heart Challenges are based around 18 challenges to represent Finn’s 18 surgeries, and to educate CPR to 1.8 million families.

        

Next meeting will be January 8th, 2025