D102 has an active Wellness Committee composed of staff, parents, and students in the community. The committee has focused on multiple aspects of overall well-being from year to year including the support of physical wellness (making healthy choices with food and exercise), social-emotional wellness (embedding opportunities for connection and belonging into the school day), and the overall wellness of our community (how we are able to impact the larger global community). If you are interested in being a part of these important conversations, please contact Eli Rogers, District Coordinator for Social Emotional Wellness and Family Engagement.

D102 believes in educating the whole child. Social-emotional well-being is an essential component to the overall wellness of a child as well as their academic success. Inclusion and community (along with academic engagement) are integral components of D102’s 5-year plan. Learning for Life Goal 1a focuses on social-emotional well-being through the inclusion of all students: Meaningfully include every student to strengthen a sense of belonging, purpose, and social-emotional well-being. Additionally, social-emotional well-being is a D102 priority for our staff. We want to foster an environment in which kids and adults love coming to school each day! Maximizing Human Capital goal 2b states that D102 will strive to “Nurture a deeply connected staff community by building a positive, inviting culture.”

Teachers, Administrators, and Social Workers work together to attend to overall social-emotional wellness in D102. If your child needs support in the area of social-emotional well-being, please connect with your child’s school.

Safe2Help IL is available 24/7 via a hotline (844-4-SAFEIL), a text line (72332), and email Safe2Help. Safe2Help IL provides a confidential way for students to share safety concerns at any time of the day or night. Safe2Help IL also has a website full of resources for young people seeking help for themselves or a friend.

The following three main resources will now be listed on all student ID cards for students in grades 6-8: the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline; the Crisis Text Line; and Safe2Help Illinois. The printing of this information on student ID cards is a requirement as a result of a new law proposed by a group of Naperville students whose legislation was passed unanimously by the Illinois General Assembly.

District 102’s young learners engage in learning about wellness topics in their Physical Education classes in grades Kindergarten through 5th grade. The state of Illinois has no specific time requirement for grades K-5; however health education must be part of the formal regular instructional program at each grade level. The scope and sequence of topics are determined based on age appropriateness and state guidance. District 102 has not adopted the national Sex Education standards and elementary topics have remained the same.

As has been the case since 2011, Erin’s Law requires all public schools to implement an age-appropriate child sexual abuse prevention program for students in grades Pre-Kindergarten through grade 5. Age-appropriate instruction will help students recognize unsafe situations and know how to respond. Parents receive advance notice and may opt-out of these lessons.

Illinois State law requires all school districts with a comprehensive health curriculum to provide instruction on specific health topics including cancer education, STI/AIDS education and prevention, human growth and development, sexual abstinence, contraception, dating violence, sexual abuse prevention via Erin’s Law, and the Abandoned Newborn Protection Act. In compliance with the state requirements, your child’s Health teachers will address required topics in an age-appropriate sequence by the end of eighth grade. No student is required to participate in any class or course in comprehensive personal health and safety education and comprehensive sexual health education. A student’s parent or guardian may opt the student out by submitting the request in writing. D102 staff will regularly communicate about upcoming health topics so parents have timely information with which to make this choice. A list of standards and topics by grade level can be viewed here. For more information regarding Illinois Health and Sexual Education Standards, you may click here.

The State of Illinois requires all children entering pre-kindergarten, kindergarten or first grade (whichever is the child’s first year in school), and sixth grade to have a physical examination and required immunizations verified by a licensed physician. This examination must be given within the last 12 months. Please take the Illinois Certificate of Child Health Exam form to your physician for completion at the time of your child’s health exam. Forms should be returned to your school health office as soon as they are completed.

All new students entering an Illinois school for the first time in ANY grade must show proof of a physical examination and of immunizations.

On or before December 1 of each year, the school district makes publicly available the immunization data they are required to submit to the State Board of Education by November 15. Immunization data made publicly available must be identical to the data the school district or school has reported to the State Board of Education.