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The Nurse's Office

Your Building Nurse

Gwen Dowell

Gwen Dowell

Caruso Middle School Nurse  

If your child will not be in school

If your child will not be in school, please report the absence to the health office by phone or email before 8:00 am.  If you do not contact our school nurse by this time, she will contact you at home or at work to ascertain your child’s whereabouts. Children must be fever free for 24 hours before returning to school.

Students will only be dismissed to a parent or legal guardian, or to emergency contacts designated in Family Access.

Family vacations during school days are discouraged; however, if your child must miss school due to a vacation, parents/guardians are asked to contact the Caruso health office a few days in advance. Please know that teachers may not always be able to create individual lessons or homework before pre-arranged absences.

Medication in School

In order for the school nurse to administer any medication to a student, prescription or nonprescription, during the school day, a Permission to Administer Medication form must be completed by the student's physician and on record with the student's school.

Permission to Administer Medication (Prescription or Nonprescription) Form Here

Entering 6th Grade?

According to The School Code of Illinois, physical examinations are required of all students prior to initial entry into school and upon entrance into sixth grade. Students entering 6th grade are required to have the physical examination form and the dental examination form completed and on file with the school health office.