November
2- Daylight Savings, FALL BACK
2- Daylight Savings, FALL BACK
6- Last day for Wed. After-School Classes
6- OB Dine Out Night @ Fallon’s, 5-9p.m.
7- Picture Retake Day
8- 1st Gr. Trip to Art Museum, 9:45-11:45a.m.
12- Last day for Tues. After-School Classes
13- Last day for Stay & Bake Class
13- OBPTO Exec. Mtg. 9a.m.
13- Diversity Committee Mtg. 5:30p.m.
Announcements:
Giving Assembly-
This year’s Giving Assembly will be held on Tuesday, November 26 at 9:30a.m. This is an opportunity for Old Bonhomme Families to donate canned goods, books and school supplies, gently used clothing, baby supplies, and toys. Your donations will be delivered to local charities serving the Greater St. Louis Area--the Family Shelter of the Salvation Army, KidSmart, Crisis Nursery, and Trinity Food Pantry. Especially needed donations this year include canned fruits and meats, school supplies, children’s new underwear and socks, diapers of all sizes, pullups, and gently used play clothes. Please send your donations to school November 18-25. Adult volunteers are needed those mornings from 8:45-9:30a.m. to assist with sorting and boxing the donations. Volunteer signup sheets and more information will come home in backpacks today. Please contact Michelle Hawkins with questions (993-5090 or hawkins.shell@gmail.com). This is an OBPTO sponsored activity.
6- OB Dine Out Night @ Fallon’s, 5-9p.m.
7- Picture Retake Day
8- 1st Gr. Trip to Art Museum, 9:45-11:45a.m.
12- Last day for Tues. After-School Classes
13- Last day for Stay & Bake Class
13- OBPTO Exec. Mtg. 9a.m.
13- Diversity Committee Mtg. 5:30p.m.
Announcements:
Giving Assembly-
This year’s Giving Assembly will be held on Tuesday, November 26 at 9:30a.m. This is an opportunity for Old Bonhomme Families to donate canned goods, books and school supplies, gently used clothing, baby supplies, and toys. Your donations will be delivered to local charities serving the Greater St. Louis Area--the Family Shelter of the Salvation Army, KidSmart, Crisis Nursery, and Trinity Food Pantry. Especially needed donations this year include canned fruits and meats, school supplies, children’s new underwear and socks, diapers of all sizes, pullups, and gently used play clothes. Please send your donations to school November 18-25. Adult volunteers are needed those mornings from 8:45-9:30a.m. to assist with sorting and boxing the donations. Volunteer signup sheets and more information will come home in backpacks today. Please contact Michelle Hawkins with questions (993-5090 or hawkins.shell@gmail.com). This is an OBPTO sponsored activity.
Candy Donations-
After Halloween, do you still have Halloween candy around your house?
Are you thinking that you have had enough, but don't want it to go to waste?
Are you aware that there are children that don't get to go trick-or-treating and would love a few treats?
We have a solution!
Bring any unopened candy to Miss Boudinet's room (room 208) by Tuesday, November 5. All candy will be boxed up and taken to the local Ronald McDonald House for other children and families in our community to enjoy.
Please do not buy any candy for this activity. Save that money to buy real food for our Thanksgiving drive!
Start our community giving today!
Picture Retake Day-
Mark your calendar! Picture Retake Day is coming on Thursday, November 7. Remember to send the original picture package back to school with your child. If they were absent on picture day, extra order forms are available in the office.
OB Dine Out Night-
Please join the OBPTO for dinner at Fallon's in Olivette on Wednesday, November 6, from 5-9p.m. A portion of the proceeds from the evening will return to OBPTO to support activities for YOUR child! Don’t forget to bring the flyer that was sent home in your child’s Friday Folder. Extra Copies will be available in the office.
After Halloween, do you still have Halloween candy around your house?
Are you thinking that you have had enough, but don't want it to go to waste?
Are you aware that there are children that don't get to go trick-or-treating and would love a few treats?
We have a solution!
Bring any unopened candy to Miss Boudinet's room (room 208) by Tuesday, November 5. All candy will be boxed up and taken to the local Ronald McDonald House for other children and families in our community to enjoy.
Please do not buy any candy for this activity. Save that money to buy real food for our Thanksgiving drive!
Start our community giving today!
Picture Retake Day-
Mark your calendar! Picture Retake Day is coming on Thursday, November 7. Remember to send the original picture package back to school with your child. If they were absent on picture day, extra order forms are available in the office.
OB Dine Out Night-
Please join the OBPTO for dinner at Fallon's in Olivette on Wednesday, November 6, from 5-9p.m. A portion of the proceeds from the evening will return to OBPTO to support activities for YOUR child! Don’t forget to bring the flyer that was sent home in your child’s Friday Folder. Extra Copies will be available in the office.
CHANGE OF DATE:
Please be sure to update your calendars, as
there has been a change of date for OB's Peace
Museum. The Peace Museum will be coming
to our school all day on Wednesday, December
4, and will be open for a special evening family
session from6:30 -7:30 pm. also on
Wednesday, December 4. More detailed
information will be communicated later in
November. It's family time you won't want to
miss! Questions? Please contact Lori
Humphrey at lhumphrey@ladueschools.net
Lice
Lice is a topic no one wants to experience or talk about, but as with other modern day realities we need to know the facts!
“Head lice are often a fact of life for school‐aged children. While inconvenient, head lice cause no medical harm and can be effectively treated. It is probably impossible to prevent all head lice infestations. Young children come into head-to-head contact with each other frequently.”
These words from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the notes that follow will perhaps help us all keep instances of lice in perspective for our students. Please note the footnotes (blue underlined numbers) and other links to the full text and references for more information.
A revised clinical report from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), “Head Lice,” published in the August print issue of Pediatrics (published online July 26), clarifies and updates protocols for diagnosis and treatment, and provides guidance for the management of children with head lice in the school setting.
Head lice are not a health hazard or a sign of poor hygiene and, in contrast to body lice, are not responsible for the spread of any disease. No healthy child should be excluded from or miss school because of head lice, and no-nit policies for return to school should be abandoned. Informed school nurses can help with diagnosis and suggestions about treatment. Because head lice are usually transmitted by head‐to‐head contact, parents should carefully check a child’s head before and after attending a sleepover or camp where children share sleeping quarters.
Lice
Lice is a topic no one wants to experience or talk about, but as with other modern day realities we need to know the facts!
“Head lice are often a fact of life for school‐aged children. While inconvenient, head lice cause no medical harm and can be effectively treated. It is probably impossible to prevent all head lice infestations. Young children come into head-to-head contact with each other frequently.”
These words from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the notes that follow will perhaps help us all keep instances of lice in perspective for our students. Please note the footnotes (blue underlined numbers) and other links to the full text and references for more information.
A revised clinical report from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), “Head Lice,” published in the August print issue of Pediatrics (published online July 26), clarifies and updates protocols for diagnosis and treatment, and provides guidance for the management of children with head lice in the school setting.
Head lice are not a health hazard or a sign of poor hygiene and, in contrast to body lice, are not responsible for the spread of any disease. No healthy child should be excluded from or miss school because of head lice, and no-nit policies for return to school should be abandoned. Informed school nurses can help with diagnosis and suggestions about treatment. Because head lice are usually transmitted by head‐to‐head contact, parents should carefully check a child’s head before and after attending a sleepover or camp where children share sleeping quarters.
Transmission in most cases occurs by direct
contact with the head of an infested
individual. 16 Indirect spread through contact
with personal belongings of an infested
individual (combs, brushes, hats) is much less
likely but may occur rarely. 17 Lice found on
combs are likely to be injured or dead, 18 and a
healthy louse is not likely to leave a healthy
head unless there is a heavy infestation. 19 This is further illustrated by 2 studies from
Australia. In 1 study, examination of carpets
on 118 classroom floors found no lice despite
more than 14000 live lice found on the heads
of 466 children using these classrooms. 20 In a
second study, live lice were found on only 4%
of pillowcases used by infested volunteers. 21 Thus, the major focus of control activities
should be to reduce the number of lice on the
head and to lessen the risks of head-to-head
contact.
Screening for nits alone is not an accurate way of predicting which children are or will become infested, and screening for live lice has not been proven to have a significant effect on the incidence of head lice in a school community over time. 2,12,24
A child should not be restricted from school attendance because of lice, because head lice have low contagion within classrooms. 86
Although lice is unpleasant and frustrating, our students react to verbal and non-verbal messages and form opinions based on those reactions so it is important we remain calm and matter-of-fact. We all want to support the emotional and physical health of our students and how we handle these episodes with children build their skills in coping with all kinds of unwanted and frustrating situations. Contact Mrs. Kirchgessner or Nurse Comens with any questions.
AAP-Offers-Updated-Guidance-on-Treating-Head-Lice
Pediatrics.aappublications.org
Screening for nits alone is not an accurate way of predicting which children are or will become infested, and screening for live lice has not been proven to have a significant effect on the incidence of head lice in a school community over time. 2,12,24
A child should not be restricted from school attendance because of lice, because head lice have low contagion within classrooms. 86
Although lice is unpleasant and frustrating, our students react to verbal and non-verbal messages and form opinions based on those reactions so it is important we remain calm and matter-of-fact. We all want to support the emotional and physical health of our students and how we handle these episodes with children build their skills in coping with all kinds of unwanted and frustrating situations. Contact Mrs. Kirchgessner or Nurse Comens with any questions.
AAP-Offers-Updated-Guidance-on-Treating-Head-Lice
Pediatrics.aappublications.org
