SJS SICK CHILD POLICY

2 0 2 3 – 2 0 2 4

Sick children often expose other students and school staff members to illnesses and germs. These Illnesses are disruptive to the educational process and to other children and their families.

When you have a respiratory virus infection, you can spread it to others. How long someone can spread the virus depends on different factors, including how sick they are (severity) and how long their illness lasts (duration). This is not the same for everyone. When, for at least 24 hours, your symptoms are getting better overall and you have not had a fever (and are not using fever-reducing medication), you are typically less contagious, but it still takes more time for your body to fully get rid of the virus. During this time, you may still be able to spread the virus to others. Taking precautions for the next 5 days can help reduce this risk. After this 5-day period, you are typically much less likely to be contagious. However, some people, especially people with weakened immune systems, can continue to spread the virus for a longer period of time. For COVID-19, taking an antigen test can help you know how likely you are to spread the virus. A positive test tends to mean it is more likely that you can spread the virus to others (CDC). Students who are not feeling well should stay home to help control the spread of germs.

Please click HERE for guidelines to help keep our school safe and healthy.

Parents, please be aware that for some children, the only symptom of Strep may be vomiting; some children do not have any fever or no complaint of a sore throat. I would like to stress that if your child is not acting like himself or herself or is exhibiting any symptoms of illness please do not just keep them home, self-treat, and send them back to school only for him or her to start showing symptoms later. 

When your child starts manifesting multiple symptoms, they have already exposed their classmates to their illnesses. As a result, the cycle of infection continues. 

We continue to do our part in school and ask for your support in controlling the spread of illness by keeping your child home if they are sick and taking them to their doctor for testing and treatment as appropriate.  

Do you have pictures from school events, sports, or activities? Please use the yearbook portal to submit pictures for the yearbook!

If you don’t want to put names on the photos, please put the grade level. All pictures will be considered but submission is not guaranteed.

**If you are prompted for a UserId, please use: 0zHjQKZiCphgyfMhkwsm1_g

*LESS THAN A WEEK TO PURCHASE TICKETS!*

Sneak Peek at what's up for bid!

• 5-night trip to San Francisco/Sonoma/Napa Valley (Airfare and Hotel included)
• Round of golf for 4 at 1757 Golf Club
• Hunter’s Creek Pool Membership 
• Signature 3-Course Steak & Seafood Dinner for 2 at Morton's Steakhouse Reston
• Private Cellar Tasting for 4 by the Vintner at Chateau O’Brien Winery 
• 4-course private wine dinner for 8 at Burton's Bar & Grill
• Round of golf with cart fees and forecaddie at the magnificent Trump National Golf for 4
• Photography Sessions
• Gift Certificates to many local restaurants and attractions! 

Grab your tickets to the

Havana Nights

dinner and auction!

Tickets on sale now

until March 28!

When: Saturday, April 20, 2024

Time: 6:00pm - 11:00pm

Where: St. Joseph Catholic School

Price: $65/single $130/couple

**Join us in appreciating and supporting our teachers by purchasing a 'Sponsor a Teacher' ticket alongside your admission ticket!

See below to donate an item or to become a sponsor of the event!

March 25: Siganda-Farrar, J.

March 26: Silva, T.

March 27: Skelton, F. and C.

March 28: Slack, O. and A.

March 29: NO SCHOOL

April 8: Smiley, K.

April 9: Smiraglia, G.

April 10: Solino Montes, P., S., and A.

April 11: Song S.

April 12: Spear, J., and Z.

Prayer leaders are to report to the library no later than 7:50 AM in order to appear on the morning news show. 

**At this time, parents will not be able to watch the taping of the news.

MARCH

March 27: Stations of the Cross

March 28: Holy Thursday

March 28: 11:30am Dismissal

March 29: NO SCHOOL - Good Friday

March 31: Easter Sunday

APRIL

April 1-5: NO SCHOOL (Easter Vacation)

April 8: Students return to school

April 12: School Mass

April 19: School Mass

April 20: Annual Dinner and Auction (Spring Fling)

April 23: ACRE Testing

April 24: ACRE Testing

April 25: ACRE Testing

April 26: School Mass

April 26: 11:30am Dismissal

MAY

May 3: School Mass

May 6: NWEA Testing Week

May 7: Vocations Mass - 8th Grade

May 9: World Language Exam

May 10: School Mass

May 10: 11:30am Dismissal

May 11: First Holy Communion

May 12: Mothers' Day

May 13: NWEA Testing Week

May 14: Band Concert

May 15: Battle of the Books

May 16: Volunteer School Mass

May 20: NWEA Testing Week

May 23: School Mass

May 24: Field Day

May 24: 11:30am Dismissal

May 27: NO SCHOOL - Memorial Day

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Herndon, VA. 20170

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