HEALTH SERVICES
Health Services
Cheryl Thibodeau is the school's nurse. She not only is trained in helping students who are sick or injured, she also assists with screening tests, dispensing medications, and providing information to students, parents, and staff members. To speak with Mrs. Thibodeau, you may call 775-8948. Health forms you may need can be downloaded from the MSS Health Office page.
Mrs. Cotter is our Attendance and Health Office Secretary. If a child is going to be tardy or absent we ask that Mrs. Cotter is called at 603-775-8954 prior to 8:25.
Main Street School Illness Procedures
In order to keep our school healthy we ask that you keep your child home if they are not feeling well. Student's must be fever free for 24 hours before returning to school without the use of fever reducing medications. Students who are returning to school after an illness should be well enough to participate in a full day of school and be back to their normal eating and sleeping habits. Please reach out to our nurse, Katelyn Anglea, with any questions regarding student illnesses at 603-775-8948 or kanglea@sau16.org.
Additional Resources
Community Resources:
Many community resources are available to support our students and their families to help ease financial burden. Students with the proper resources are more likely to succeed academically, socially, emotionally, and physically!
Please contact Cheryl Thibodeau, Main Street School Nurse, if you are going through economic hardship or are food insecure.
Free and Reduced Meal Program: Providing free or reduced-price meals for qualifying students.
End 68 Hours of Hunger: This is a public non-profit effort to confront the approximately 68 hours of hunger that some school children experience between Friday afternoon and Monday morning when they return to school.
St. Vincent de Paul: Offers emergency food and financial assistance to low-income residents of Exeter and surrounding communities.
Operation Warm: Exeter Fire Department works with Operation Warm to provide winter coats to children.
Exeter Area Lions Club: Offers free vision screening and eyeglasses to qualifying students.
Womenade of Greater Squamscott: Providing local residents with short-term financial assistance not readily available through other resources.
The Martha LaPerle Outreach Program: Provides Thanksgiving food baskets to families in need*
The Giving Tree: Providing Christmas/holiday presents to students in need*
* Please contact Cheryl Thibodeau for more information about these programs.
Health Promotion:
Vaccines & Immunizations (CDC)
Fitness for Children (Healthy Children)
Resources For Chronic Health Conditions:
American Academy of Pediatrics
Asthma & Allergy Foundation of America
Centers for Disease Control (CDC)