Health & Safety Tips

Communicable Illness/Childhood Immunizations/Childhood Disease

Influenza, Meningococcal and COVID-19 Vaccination Information from IDPH and CDC

COVID-19

Information for Parents:

Information for Students:

Seasonal Influenza Information

Pneumonia

Meningitis

Tick Bites/Lyme Disease

Chicken Pox (Varicella)

  • Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC): Chicken Pox

Pertussis

Measles

Viral Gastroenteritis

Immunizations

Diabetes

Diabetes is a chronic (long-lasting) health condition that affects how your body turns food into energy. With diabetes, the body doesn't make enough insulin or can't use it as well as it should. When there isn't enough insulin or cells stop responding to insulin, too much blood sugar stays in the bloodstream. Over time, that can cause serious health problems, such as heart disease, vision loss, and kidney disease.

#SeeTheSigns - Learn the Commonly Missed Symptoms of Diabetes. These are the four primary warning signs of diabetes. If you #SeeTheSigns in yourself or anyone you know, see a health care provider right away and get a simple blood sugar check:

  • Thirsty all the time - feeling dehydrated, unquenhable thirst all the time, waking up at night to drink, frequently asking for something to drink
  • The need to urinate too frequently- feeling like you're peeing all the time, even getting up at night, children past the bed-wetting phase may start again
  • Exhaustion - tired, low energy, unusually fatigued with no reason why and can lead to irritability and mood swings
  • Losing weight but not trying to or faster than can be explained

Other common symptoms include: blurry vision, numb or tingling hands or feet, very dry skin, cuts or sores that heal slowly, frequent UTIs, frequent yeast infections.

More information:

Safety and Wellness

Handwashing

Vaping/E-Cigarettes

The use of e-cigarettes is a rapidly emerging trend, popular with teens and young adults. According to the 2024 National Youth Tobacco Survey, 2.25 million high school and middle school students currently use tobacco products and 1.63 million students reported current use of e-cigarettes. More than 1 in 4 use e-cigarettes daily. These devices deliver nicotine, flavorings and other substances through an inhaled aerosol. E-cigarettes are also referred to as “e-cigs, vape pens, vapes, mods, e-hookahs, and tank systems.” 

A very popular brand of vaping device, the JUUL vaporizer, looks like a flash drive, is small enough to fit into the palm of the hand, and can even be charged on a computer. These devices can be filled with marijuana, and JUUL flavor pods — such as fruits flavors or cartoon-themes — can deliver more than double the amount of nicotine of other vaping products. Overwhelmingly, current users (nearly 85%) used flavored e-cigarettes with fruit flavors being the most popular, followed by candy, desserts, or other sweets. Companies are also developing vaping devices disguised as everyday items such as looking like a pen, highlighter, phone case, hoodie, backpack, or smartwatch that allow them to vape undetected.  

Research continues regarding the dangers of e-cigarettes specifically to youth. The vapor is not safe, because it contains nicotine, a drug that can cause addiction and harm to an adolescent’s developing brain, including lasting cognitive and behavioral impairments. In addition, the aerosol may contain other dangerous chemicals and heavy metals that can affect the lungs and other body systems. In 2019, the State of Illinois raised the legal age for purchasing cigarettes, e-cigarettes and other tobacco products from 18 to 21 statewide, effective July 1.

Everyone shares the role of preventing youth from using e-cigarettes. Please consider using the following resources to learn the facts about e-cigarettes, and to guide you in talking to your child about the dangers of their use:

General Safety

Concussions

Insect/Bug Bites

Food Allergies

Grief Issues

Head Lice

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Nutrition and Physical Fitness

Together We Discover, Learn, Grow & Care

At D64, our mission is to foster opportunities for discovery, engagement, and growth for all students. We accomplish this by nurturing interdependence, appreciation of differences, and care for self and others.

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