Stay Healthy This Season!

We are taking steps to reduce the spread of flu in Littleton High School.  As you may know, flu can easily spread from person to person.  We want to keep the school open during the flu season.  But, we need your help to do this.

We are working closely with the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services Communicable Disease Control Section to monitor flu conditions and make decisions about the best steps to take concerning schools.  We will keep you updated with new information when it becomes available.

For now we are doing everything we can to keep our school functioning as usual.  Here are a few things you can do to help.

• Teach your children to wash their hands often with soap and water or an alcohol-based hand rub.  You can set a good example by doing this yourself.
• Teach your children not to share personal items like drinks, food, or utensils.
• Teach your children to cover up their coughts or sneezes using their elbow, instead of their hand when a tissue is unavailable.
• Know the signs and symptoms of the flu.  Symptoms of the flu include fever (100 degrees Fahrenheit, 37.8 degrees Celsius or greater), cough, sore throat, a runny or stuffy nose, body aches, headache, and feeling very tired.  Some people may also vomit or have diarrhea.
• Keep sick children at home for at least 24 hours after they no longer have fever or do not have signs of fever, without using fever-reducing drugs.  Keeping children with a fever at home will reduce the number of people who may get infected.  Any child determined to be sick while at school will be sent home.

For more information about the flu in our community and what our school is doing, visit www.flu.gov or call 1-800-CDC-INFO for the most current information about the flu.  You can also contact the Communicable Disease Control Section at the Division of Public Health Services at 603-271-4496 to speak to the Public Health Professional on call if you have specific influenza related questions.

We will notify you of any additional changes to our school's strategy to prevent the spread of flu.

Littleton High School and the Daisy Bronson Middle School are providing influenza ("flu") vaccination for all students on October 2, 2009.  Please visit the link below to download a permission form.

Teacher Fact Sheet - Action Steps for Teachers to Prevent the Spread of Flu

Take the following steps ALL the time and not only during a flu pandemic to help keep your students and yourself from getting sick with flu.

• Educate and encourage students to cover their mouth and nose with a tissue when they cough or sneeze.  Also, provide them with easy access to tissues.  Remind them to cover coughs or sneezes using their elbow instead of their hand when a tissue is not available.
• Remind students to practice good hand hygiene and provide the time and supplies (easy access to running water and soap or alcohol-based hand cleaners) for them to wash their hands as often as necessary.
• Be a good role model by practicing good hand hygiene and covering your mouth and nose when coughing or sneezing.
• Keep an eye out for sick students and send them to the school nurse for further evaluation.  Sick people should stay at home until at least 24 hours after they no longer have a fever or signs of a fever (without the use of fever-reducing medicine).
• Clean surfaces and items that are more likely to have frequent hand contact such as desks, door knobs, keyboards, or pens, with cleaning agents that are usually used in these areas.
• Teachers should also stay home when sick.  Stay home until at least 24 hours after you no longer have a fever or signs of a fever (without the use of fever-reducing medicine).
• If you are pregnant, have asthma, diabetes, or other conditions that put you at higher risk for complications from the flu, you should speak with your doctor as soon as possible if you develop symptoms of flu-like illness.  People at high risk of flu complications who develop flu can benfit from early treatment with antiviral medicines.
• If you have children, plan ahead for child care if your child gets sick or his or her school is dismissed.

Be prepared in case the flu becomes more severe.

• Develop options for how school work can be continued at home (e.g., homework packets, Web-based lessons, phone calls), if school is dismissed or your students are home because someone in their household is sick.
• Be prepared for sick students or staff to stay home for at least 7 days, even if they feel better sooner.  Those who are still sick after 7 days should continue to stay home until at least 24 hours after symptoms have gone away.
• Allow high-risk students to stay home.  These students should make this decision in consultation with their physician or other helath professional.
• Find ways to increase social distances (the space between people) in your classroom.  For example, you might rearrange desks so that there is more space between students, consider cancelling classes that bring students together from different rooms, or postpone class trips.

SENIOR PLANNING TIMELINE

January

1. Complete FAFSA  (Free Application for Student Assistance) with parents ASAP.
2. Continue to check colleges to see if they have all they need from you.

February

1. Continue to research and apply for all applicable scholarships, both local and national.

DO NOT!

• Ease up and have a light schedule for the 2nd semester.  College acceptance is made contingent on your entire year's transcript.
• Procrastinate on any of the above.

Nondiscrimination Statement

The Littleton School District, SAU #84 and the Hugh J. Gallen Regional Career and Technical Center does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, disability, sexual orientation or marital status.  This statement is a reflection of the Littleton School District, SAU #84 and the Hugh J. Gallen Regional Career and Technical Center and refers to, but is not limited to, the provisions of the following laws:

Title VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

The Age Discrimination Act of 1967

Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973

The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1975

N.H. Law against Discrimination (RSA 354-A)

The Title IX Coordinators are:  Alan Smith, Principal and Kristin Roberts, School Nurse, Littleton High School, 159 Oak Hill Avenue, Littleton, New Hampshire 03561.  Phone 603-444-5601

The Section 504 Coordinator is Kelly Noland, Director of Student Services, Littleton School District, SAU #84, 102 School Street, Littleton, New Hampshire 03561, 603-444-5215.

Inquiries may also be directed to the:

• Superintendent of Schools, Littleton School District, SAU #84, 102 School Street, Littleton, NH 03561.  Phone: 603-444-5215
• U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, 8th Floor, 5 Post Office Square, Suite 900, Boston, Massachusetts 02109-3921.     Phone: 617-289-0111
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, JFK Federal Building, Room 475, Government Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02201.  Phone: 617-565-3200
• N.H. Commission for Human Rights, 2 Chennell Drive, Concord, NH 03301.  Phone: 603-271-2767

English language skill is not a barrier to participation in any courses or other school offerings.

English as a Second Language (ESL) services are available.

ESL Coordinator is:  Kelly Noland, Littleton School District, SAU #84, 102 School Street, Littleton, New Hampshire 03561.  Phone: 603-444-5215