Health Services
District 102 is focused on integrating components of coordinated school health as identified and explained below.
Health Education: The Joint Committee on National Health Education Standards recommends health education in every grade. District 102 has made that commitment. More information about the health curriculum will be communicated by your child’s health teacher.
Physical Education: Research has documented the link between physical education and school performance. High-quality physical education programs increase physical competence, fitness, and responsibility, encouraging students to value lifelong physical activity (National Association for Sport and Physical Education, 2005).
School Health Services: Health services can include first aid, emergency response plans for individual students with life-threatening allergies, and diagnostic assessments or screenings. Each of the district's four schools has a nurse who works in partnership with the Illinois Department of Public Health and local community health agencies and professionals.
Counseling, Psychological and Social Services: Schools need to provide additional support to students at risk of academic failure as a result of emotional challenges brought about by situations in or out of school. School services can include peer support and counseling, mental health counseling, workshops, and positive alternative programs in collaboration with community-based programs and services. All of our schools employ full-time social workers and psychologists.
Nutrition: Many students take advantage of meals offered at school. Our food service manager sits on the Wellness Committee and is committed to a healthy, well-balanced lunch program.
A Healthy School Environment: To learn effectively, teachers and students need a healthy school environment, one that is clean, well lit, comfortable, physically safe, with minimal noise or other distractions. Equally important, the psycho-social environment should support diversity and promote personal growth, wellness, and healthy relationships. District 102 is committed to consistently enforcing policies and procedures related to student health, safety, and conduct. These policies typically address such issues as the use of tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs; name-calling; sexual harassment; violent behaviors; and emergency preparedness.
Family and Community Involvement: To address students' needs, schools need to increase their capacity by encouraging family and community involvement. District 102 is committed to coordinating and integrating activities and initiatives both inside and outside the school. This partnership is two-way and includes PTO, advisory groups, and family and community outreach programs. Parents and community members are invited to join the Wellness Committee. Please contact Learning and Growth at 847/353-5665 for more information.
Notice: Use of Stock Epinephrine in School
The Access to Epinephrine in Schools Act (PA 97-0361) allows Illinois schools to voluntarily maintain a supply of emergency epinephrine auto-injectors for students who have forgotten their epinephrine at home or who do not have a known allergy. The school nurse or personnel appropriately trained in the administration of emergency epinephrine may administer epinephrine to any student that he or she, in good faith, professionally believes is having an anaphylactic reaction and who does not have an EAP in place.
Parents have the right to opt out of the administration of epinephrine to their child in an emergency. The school shall accept a written request from a parent or guardian stating that his or her student shall not be administered epinephrine under any circumstances.
Each school in District 102 has stock epinephrine in the health office. However, the supply of emergency epinephrine allowed under this Act is not intended to replace epinephrine prescribed to students with known allergies. If a child has a known allergy that may require epinephrine, it is the parent’s/ guardian’s responsibility to provide that medication to the school.
Exemption from Liability
Under Public Act 97-0361, a school district or non-public school and its employees and agents are to incur no liability for the administration of epinephrine provided the school nurse or trained personnel acted in good faith when administering the epinephrine to a student who he or she professionally believed to be having an anaphylactic reaction. Only in cases of willful and wanton conduct will liability be incurred. Therefore, if a student is injured or harmed due to the administration of epinephrine that a school obtained under the provisions of this Act, the school, its employees, and its agents will not be held responsible for the injury unless the epinephrine was administered with a conscious disregard for safety.
Notice: Administration of Undesignated Asthma Medications in Schools
As outlined by the Illinois School Code (105ILCS 5/22-30), the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has issued a standing order for the administration of undesignated Asthma medications in schools. Please click here to access the IDPH standing order.