Wilmette Junior High School

Return to school protocol:

Students may return to school after they have been fever-free for 24 hours or more without the use of fever-reducing medication.

Please keep your child home from school if they have any of the following:

Fever of 100.4 or higher
Vomiting/Diarrhea
Undiagnosed rash
Communicable disease including Strep Throat, Influenza, Covid-19, Chicken Pox, Measles, and Pink Eye
Head Lice (until treated)

Vomiting and diarrhea - Please keep your student home if they have had an episode of diarrhea or vomiting. They may return 24 hours after the last episode and symptoms have resolved. Stay hydrated!

If your child becomes ill with any of the above while at school, a parent will be notified to come pick him/her up and must be signed out by a parent or emergency contact. If someone other than a parent or emergency contact will be picking up your student, please send an email with that person’s name, time they will arrive and that you give them permission to do so.

Strep throat - Students may return to school 12 hours after starting antibiotics and must be free of fever.

Anyone diagnosed with COVID may return after being fever-free for 24 hours without the use of fever-reducing medication and symptoms are beginning to improve. There is no longer a requirement for masking or for remaining out of school for any set number of days.

Forms:

Transfer Students (from outside Illinois) – A State of Illinois Certification of Child Health Examination form is due upon entering WJHS School in all grades. Please note that there is a health history section that must be completed and signed by a parent. An Illinois eye form is required for students that are entering an Illinois school for the first time.

Transfer Students (from within Illinois) – Complete transfer records from the student's previous school will be accepted OR a State of Illinois Certification of Child Health Examination form is required. Please note that there is a health history section that must be completed and signed by a parent.

All student health forms can be found here.

More Information

A new Illinois Emergency Action Plan is due at the beginning of each school year for students with severe food allergies. Please submit this form with your child's emergency medication.

District 39 requires a current Asthma Action plan for those students who keep a bronchodilator at school. Please click here for a sample plan for home and school.

A current medication authorization form is required to accompany any medication (other than an epinephrine auto-injector already covered by an emergency action plan).

For more information, please visit our District 39 General Health Information webpage.