Parents, as you may know, flu can be easily spread from person to person. Therefore, we are taking steps to reduce the spread of flu at Hoover.  We are working closely with the Public Health Department to monitor flu conditions and make decisions about the best steps to take concerning schools. We will keep you updated with new information as it becomes available.
Parent cooperation will be important in keeping our students healthy and limiting the spread of influenza.

• 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 unwashed utensils, and to cover their coughs and sneezes with tissues.  Covering up their coughs or sneezes using the elbow, arm or sleeve instead of the 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.

• Do not send children to school if they are sick. Any children who are determined to be sick while at school will be sent home.

Caring for a Sick Child During the H1N1 (swine) Influenza Outbreak

• If your child has flu-like symptoms (fever, cough, sore throat, runny nose) keep them home until they no longer have a fever without taking any fever reducing medication for at least 24 hours. If your child has other health issues, you may want to call your health care provider for advice.
• Have them drink a lot of liquid (such as juice, water, Pedialyte ®, broth).
• Keep the sick child comfortable. Rest is important.
• For fever, sore throat, and muscle aches, you can use fever-reducing medicines that your doctor recommends based on your child’s age. Do not use aspirin with children or teenagers; it can cause Reye’s syndrome, a life-threatening illness.
• Teach your child good health habits by showing them how to cover cough and sneeze into their sleeves, or to cover their cough/sneeze with tissues. They should wash their hands often and keep their hands away from their faces.
• Keep tissues close to the sick person and have a trash bag within reach for disposing used tissues.
• Don’t send sick children to school, daycare, or public places. If you are unsure when your child can return to school, please contact the school health office or check the district web site for directions.
• If someone in your home is sick, keep him or her away from family members who are not sick.

Be watchful for emergency warning signs that might indicate you need to seek emergency medical care:

• Fast breathing or trouble breathing
• Bluish or gray skin color
• Not drinking enough fluids
• Not waking up or not interacting
• Being so irritable that he or she does not want to be held
• Not urinating or no tears when crying
• Their symptoms improve but then return with fever and worse cough

As we start off the new school year, it’s important for students to come to school healthy and ready to learn.  Free and low cost health insurance is available to children, ages 0-18, in low and moderate income families.  Information about a free health insurance sign up day at Scott Lane School on September 16th is available on the district’s website. If you are interested in learning more about free/low-cost health insurance contact San Jose Unified’s Healthy Start Program @ 535-6798 for information on Medi-Cal, Healthy Families, Healthy Kids and the Kaiser Child Plan.

* Free/Low cost health insurance is still available through Medi-Cal, Healthy Kids and the Kaiser Child Plan
* Insurance covers health, mental health, dental and vision
* Health Insurance Sign up Day will be held at Scott Lane School in Santa Clara:  Thursday, Sept. 16, 2 - 6 pm.

Q&A WITH THE PRINCIPAL

Hoover Parents: 
The PTSA is hosting a Q & A with our principal, Suzanne Barbarasch, on January 13th at 6:30 pm.  Is something on your mind?  Send in your questions to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), or just drop them by the office, before December 15th so we can be prepared.  And be sure to come to our meeting!  Refreshments will be provided.
Thank you!
Holly Aspiras, PTSA President

Parent Internet Viewer

To view your student’s grades online, click on the link for the Parent Internet Viewer.  The PIV provides parents and students access to attendance, grade and assignment information in a real-time atmosphere.  The new Parent Internet Viewer (PIV) is available at Parent Internet Viewer
To obtain a password, see Mrs. Porter or Ms. Aguilera in Hoover’s office.

Parent Email Registration

Our process for Parent Email Registration has changed from last year. The email address Registeremail.sjusd.org is no longer available. Parents can go to the district web site, www.sjusd.org. Look for ‘QUICK LINKS’ on the left side of the Home Page and click on ‘Parent Email Registration’, where they will find instructions and a link to the form.



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