P.S. duPont Middle School
School Nurse
Laura DeMare, RN
Nurse’s Office - 302-762-7147
Email - Laura.DeMare@bsd.k12.de.us
Lauren Foraker, RN
Nurse’s Office - 302-762-7147
Email - Lauren.Foraker@bsd.k12.de.us
In order to provide quality health care during the school year, and maintain your child's optimal health, we would like to share some guidelines with you.
- Sleep/Nutrition - Please send your child to school with a refillable water bottle every single day. Also please encourage a good night sleep and encourage your child to eat breakfast. Breakfast and lunch are available at school.
- Medical Conditions - To ensure the health and safety of your child, it is important that I am aware of any medical conditions and injuries that may exist.
- Medications - Medications can only be brought to school by a parent/guardian in their original pharmacy container and must be kept in the nurse's office. The only two medications that a student may carry on their person is an Epi Pen and inhaler. If your student needs to carry these medications please let me know.
- Emergency contact information - Please return Emergency Cards to school as soon as possible and keep me up to date with your telephone numbers and emergency contact information.
- Health forms - Please send a copy of updated immunizations and physical exams to the nurse so that students files are kept up to date. These can be brought to the nurse by the student or their adult.
Screenings & Physical Exam Requirements
We have many after school sports programs at P.S. They include:
- Fall: girls field hockey, co-ed soccer, girls volleyball, volleyball intramurals, cross country
- Winter: wrestling, cheerleading, boys and girls basketball, basketball intramurals
- Spring: Baseball, softball, track, tennis, girls soccer, golf, bowling
All of these extracurricular sports (except bowling) require our students to have a yearly physical exam. This exam needs to be completed any time after April 1 of the current or most recent calendar year and needs to be documented on the DIAA sports physical form. One completed sports physical is good for all after school sports for the entire school year. Please try to have the physical exams completed early in the school year so that your child does not miss the opportunity of participating in sports activities that may occur later in the year.
Middle school aged students are growing in height. Back screenings are conducted to assess for any curvature of their spine during this time of rapid growth. These screenings are conducted by me in gym classes in the beginning of the 1st and 3rd marking periods. I will alert the students to the dates. Concerns about spinal growth will be brought to the attention of a physical therapist from A.I. DuPont Hospital as they visit all the schools in the spring to perform a more in-depth evaluation. All findings from this secondary screening will be communicated with the parent/guardian and the student.
Middle school aged students are growing in height. Back screenings are conducted to assess for any curvature of their spine during this time of rapid growth. These screenings are conducted by me in gym classes in the beginning of the 1st and 3rd marking periods. I will alert the students to the dates. Concerns about spinal growth will be brought to the attention of a physical therapist from A.I. DuPont Hospital as they visit all the schools in the spring to perform a more in-depth evaluation. All findings from this secondary screening will be communicated with the parent/guardian and the student.