School Uniforms

Our School Uniform petition has been approved by the Vallejo School District's Board of Education. Beginning school year 2012-2013, out students will be wearing school uniforms. Uniform bottoms should be either khaki or navy blue, and uniform tops should be either white or a Dan Mini spirit shirt. Shoes should be sensible play shoes, no sandals or flip-flops.

New Lunch Program

On Tuesday, May 1st we began our new school lunch program. We now have a menu that offers choices to the students. Students will be able to select their own food items each day. Also, we are now utilizing computerized cash registers for breakfast and lunch service. If your child is eligible for free meals, you do not need to do anything differently. For students who pay full or reduced price, we will now be using a mean prepayment system in order to ensure quick meal service. Students will no longer need to bring breakfast or lunch money to school each day. Instead, parents will need to make prepayments to their child's meal account. Please see or call the office for more information.

When Your Child Should Stay Home

Your child is too ill to go to school if he or she has any of these signs:

• Seems very tired and needs bed rest (this is common with flu symptoms).
• Has vomiting or diarrhea
• Has a cough the disrupts normal activity
• Has a temperature above 100˚F
• Has pain from earache, headache, sore throat or recent injury
• Has yellow or green drainage from eye(s)
• Breaks out in a rash

Fever: Your child should not go to school if his temperature is above 100˚F. When your child has been free of fever for 24 hours (without fever-reducing medicine such Tylenol ), is feeling better, and has no other symptoms, s/he may return to school.

Contagious Disease: Your child should stay home from school if he has a contagious disease to keep from spreading it to others. A contagious disease is one that can be spread by close contact with a person or object. Examples are: chickenpox, the flu with vomiting or diarrhea, colds, “runny nose,” strep throat, lice and scabies, impetigo and “pinkeye.” A disease is most often contagious 24 hours before the child shows signs of
illness. It is very hard to prevent the spread of some germs, especially in a school classroom. Good hand washing will help prevent the spread of germs. If an antibiotic medicine is prescribed for your child, be sure he has taken the medicine for at least 24 hours before returning to school. Ask your doctor when you are not sure about keeping your child home.