Health Clinic Corner

Welcome to Cloudcroft’s health services page. We want to partner with you in prioritizing the health and safety of your children, so this page contains information you need about immunizations, health screenings, and required forms for administering medication at school.

Everyone will submit a health form and an emergency form at registration, which you can pick up at each school office. Throughout the school year, parents/guardians may submit changes to either form via the school nurse.

Measles Facts

Because the majority of measles cases in the U.S. occur in unvaccinated individuals, here are some reminders:

  • First signs of symptoms (some or all of these symptoms will occur two to four days before the rash): cough, fever, runny nose, pink eye.
  • The rash begins in two to four days. Flat red spots begin at the hairline and spread downward to the neck, trunk, arms, legs, and feet.
  • Contagious period: four days before the rash develops to four days after the rash onset.
  • Complications from measles are more likely in babies and young children under the age of five and can include ear infections, pneumonia, encephalitis, and death due to the respiratory and neurological effects of the disease.

If you develop any of the above symptoms, especially after traveling to an area where measles cases are on the rise (e.g., West Texas or Lea County, New Mexico), please do not come to school. Stay home and contact a medical provider. (Call your provider on the phone before going to the office.)

New – Goodside Health Telehealth

Use Goodside Health for telehealth visits. This resource for students and staff offers a great opportunity to be seen by a medical provider without having to make an appointment or go to urgent care. The telehealth visit is facilitated and conducted in the health office at the school. We have the capability to do rapid strep, COVID-19, and flu testing and administer over-the-counter medications as needed per the provider’s orders. Should the student require medications outside of the school, the provider is able to call in the prescription to the local pharmacy of choice. Please take a look at the brochures below for more information, and feel free to contact Nurse Mandy at 575-601-4416, ext. 304.

New Website for the School Based Health Center (SBHC)

We are happy to share with you the new website for the School Based Health Center (SBHC).

Here staff, students, and parents will find all the forms needed for the clinic including the referral form and an appointment request form along with other information about the clinic.

We hope that this makes it easier for everyone to find the information and forms that they need.

A Message from Our Nurse

Dear Cloudcroft Community,

My name is Mandy Ross, and I am your school nurse here at Cloudcroft Schools. I am the nurse for the district, so I see kids in all grades on a daily basis. I am here to attend to illness or injury, assist students with chronic conditions, administer daily medications to students as prescribed by their physician, provide health education both one-on-one and in the classroom, conduct hearing and vision screenings, and ensure compliance with our new student immunization laws. Please take a moment to read the letter from the New Mexico Department of Health Cabinet Secretary regarding the changes to both the immunization requirements and laws that can affect your student.

It is important that we do everything in our power to keep the students in our schools as healthy as possible, and we must work together to succeed. To that end, I would encourage you to keep your children home from school if they have a fever, are vomiting, or generally look and feel unwell enough that they need to stay at home and rest. I have witnessed many illnesses begin with one student and quickly wipe out an entire classroom. Please be mindful of this when you are readying your child for school in the morning when they may be ill. When a student comes to the clinic and reports feeling unwell, I will check for fever and call you for pick-up if one is present. If not, I will assess whatever their ailment may be, and do what I can to keep them comfortable and at school if possible.

Some very simple ways to keep your child healthy include frequent hand washing, good nutrition, adequate sleep, and staying away from others who are ill. I encourage you to follow these guidelines at home so your child can be well and succeed at school.

Please don’t hesitate to call or email me with any questions or concerns you may have!

Mandy RossMandy Ross

575-601-4416
Ext. 304 Elem/Ms
Ext. 205 High School