Health & Wellness

We work in conjunction with DCFS and state authorities to develop a Health and Wellness Plan that prioritizes child and staff health and  safety.  The plan is comprehensive and rigorous.  Below is a list of some of the top safety measures and protocols. Please contact the director Becki Hrubes for more information or the complete plan.

Class Size

As a part of the plan, Hinsdale Covenant Preschool has enhanced its staffing. Class size is set at a maximum of 12.

Sanitizing

Hinsdale Covenant Preschool has enhanced and expanded the health and hygiene practices in the following ways:

  • Hand sanitizer stations have been set up at the entrances to the preschool and at each classroom entrance.

  • Proper hand washing for children and adults will be taught; reviewed; and practiced at regular intervals during the day.

  • All high-touch areas will be regularly cleaned according to a set schedule throughout the day.

  • Each room will be thoroughly cleaned and sanitized after dismissal.

Illness Policy

Hinsdale Covenant Preschool’s illness policy is dictated by DCFS and required by law.

1) Children with diarrhea and those with a rash combined with fever (oral temperature of 101 F or higher or under the arm temperature of 100 F or higher) shall not be admitted to school while those symptoms persist, and shall be removed as soon as possible should these symptoms develop while the child is in care.

2) Children need not be excluded for a minor illness unless any of the following exists, in which case exclusion from school is required by law:

A)  Illness that prevents the child from participating comfortably in program activities;

B)  Illness that calls for greater care than the staff can provide without compromising the health and safety of other children;

C)  Fever with behavior change or symptoms of illness;

D)  Unusual lethargy, irritability, persistent crying, difficulty breathing or other signs of possible severe illness;

E)  Diarrhea;

F)  Vomiting 2 or more times in the previous 24 hours, unless the vomiting is determined to be due to a noncommunicable condition and the child is not in danger of dehydration;

G)  Mouth sores associated with the child's inability to control his or her saliva, until the child's physician or the local health department states that the child is noninfectious;

H)  Rash with fever or behavior change, unless a physician has determined the illness to be noncommunicable;

I)  Purulent conjunctivitis, until 24 hours after treatment has been initiated;

J)  Impetigo, until 24 hours after treatment has been initiated;

K)  Strep throat (streptococcal pharyngitis), until 24 hours after treatment has been initiated and until the child has been without fever for 24 hours;

L)  Head lice, until the morning after the first treatment;

M)  Scabies, until the morning after the first treatment;

N)  Chicken pox (varicella), until at least 6 days after onset of rash;

O)  Whooping cough (pertussis), until 5 days of antibiotic treatment have been completed;

P)  Mumps, until 9 days after onset of parotid gland swelling;

Q)  Measles, until 4 days after disappearance of the rash; or