Health Services

Stargate’s Health Aide, assisted by the office staff, manages the school clinic and is responsible for maintaining health records, giving daily medications, daily diabetes care, and providing first aid to students who are sick or injured at school.  If the Health Aide determines a child needs to go home because of illness or injury, parents/guardians will be contacted as soon as possible. Therefore, it is important that you keep Stargate informed of any change in address/telephone numbers, as well as emergency contacts in case a parent cannot be reached.

When to Stay Home

Your child must stay home for at least 24 hours if he/she is sent home from school with any of the following:

• Fever of 100 or above

• Vomiting

• Diarrhea

Other reasons to keep your child home:

• Rashes-Child should stay home unless a note is provided by a doctor stated that the rash is not contagious or the rash goes away on its own

• Strep throat-Child may return after 24 hours of antibiotic treatment and when symptom free

• Common Cold- Keep your child home if your child is “not feeling well”, has a fever, a lot of nasal discharge (yellow, green, white), persistent cough

• “Pink Eye” (Conjunctivitis)-Child should stay home until the doctor determines infection is not contagious.

• Impetigo-Stay home until doctor advises their return

• Chickenpox-Child should stay home for one week after symptoms appear or until all papules (water-filled lesions) are scabbed or crusted over

• Persistent Cough- stay home if the cough disrupts child’s learning/classroom

• Eye/ear infection or Infected wounds-stay home if drainage or until physician advises return to school

• Contagious Illness - such as Covid-19, Influenza, Strep Throat

If your student tests positive for Covid: Please see the following CDPHE website for guidance on isolation, covid19.colorado.gov/isolation. You can visit this link or contact their medical providers to establish when they can return to school/work. 

Please read this guidance from CDPHE for further information. 

Elementary Health Fax  (303) 459-6828

Secondary Health Fax  (303) 328-3570

Allergies

Many students are diagnosed with potentially life-threatening food allergies.  Any time food is brought into the school, please label it with all ingredients.  

Suicide Prevention

Protecting the health and well-being of all students is of utmost importance to Stargate School, and District Policy 5520 Suicide Assessments will be followed as a priority to protect all students. Students have access to national resources which they can contact for additional support, such as: National Suicide Prevention Lifeline – 1.800.273.8255 (TALK), www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org The Trevor Lifeline – 1.866.488.7386, www.thetrevorproject.org All students will be expected to help create a school culture of respect and support in which students feel comfortable seeking help for themselves or friends. Students are encouraged to tell any staff member if they or a friend are feeling suicidal or in need of help. Students should also know that because of the health and safety impacts of these matters, the confidentiality and privacy rights of individuals will be respected, but privacy is secondary to seeking help for students in crisis.