Lisa Haas, RN
River Ridge CUSD #210 District School Nurse

Email: lhaas@riverridge210.org
Phone: 815-858-9005 ext. 333
Fax: 815-858-9006
Hours: 7:30-3:30pm

COVID-19 Information

• Illinois Department of Public Health

• Instructions for Treating Headlice

  
  A very informative site with pictures detailing how to identify and treat head lice.

• Jo Daviess County Health Department

  
  Great resource for local health care & concerns

• Leading Medical Expert on Lice and other Parasites

  
  Dr. Richard Pollack is a world-renowned expert on head lice, bed bugs, and other parasites.

I am Nurse Lisa. I graduated from River Ridge High School and Highland Community College. I am married to Lloyd, and we have four daughters who all have (or still do) attend River Ridge. Prior to joining the River Ridge staff 18 years ago, I have worked in Labor & Delivery, Pediatrics and at various Doctors' offices. My philosophy of school nursing is that I am here to keep kids in school. If there is a way that I can help them make it through the day, I will.

In my "spare" time I run the clock and keep book for Volleyball, Girl's Basketball and Softball. My favorite thing to do is attend my daughter's sporting events. I like to read, play cards, swim, play computer games and spend time on Apple Canyon Lake in the summer.

State Requirements:

• Students entering Preschool (for the first time), Kindergarten, 6th & 9th grades MUST have a recent (after 09/01 of the previous year) IDPH/DHS physical form turned in by the 15th of October.

• Students entering Kindergarten, 2nd, 6th & 9th grades MUST have a recent (within 18 months) Dental exam form turned in by May 15th.

• All Students 7th-12th grade that participate in ANY extracurricular sports must have a yearly IHSA Sports physical and waiver on file.

• All Kindergarten and new-to-the-district students must have a Illinois Vision Exam form on file.

• Whooping Cough

• 10 Steps to Stay Ahead of Headlice

• Immunization

• Dental Exam Proof

• Child Health Exam Certification

• Norovirus

• Eye Exam Review

• Sports Physical Card

• Sports Waiver Form

• IDPH Religious Exemption Form

Nice Weather is here! Be Aware of ticks

Only sign the consent if you do NOT Consent to your child being tested.

• · Your student will NOT have to go remote if you Opt-Out of the Shield screening test.

• · If your student is symptomatic they cannot return to school without a negative Covid-19 test.

• · If Shield testing is refused, then a symptomatic student would be required per IDPH and Health Department guidelines, to be excluded for 5 days and participate in remote learning.

• · If you Opt-Out of testing at school your student will not be eligible for these options and will be required to do the full 10 day exposure exclusion. Again per IDPH and Health Department guidelines.

• · Testing will be performed as needed due to COVID-19 symptoms or exposure to COVID-19 positive individuals.

Please don't hesitate to contact Mrs. Haas if you have any questions or concerns.

Video: video of how the Shield Illinois Test will be administered.

Thank you for your participation in these mitigation efforts to keep the River Ridge Community as safe as possible.

Report your At-Home Covid tests here:

The CDC highly encourages at-home antigen tests be reported through MakeMyTestCount. At-home antigen tests should be reported at www.makemytestcount.org.

MakeMyTestCount is a part of an effort at the National Institutes of Health to develop standard ways to report at-home tests, and to securely and privately collect the data in a way that makes it understandable.

By reporting your test - whether negative or positive - you are part of that effort. When you report your test result, you help improve America’s understanding of how people are using at-home tests. You’re also helping researchers and public health teams figure out how best to use the data those test results give them. Thank you for doing your part - and for making your test count.