Health Screenings

Vision and Hearing Screenings
 
Vision and hearing screenings are provided annually to District 203 students at the State-mandated grade levels, as designated by the Illinois Department of Public Health. All students in special education programs, students transferring into the District who have not previously been screened, and students to be tested related to classroom teacher requests are screened during this annual program.

Scheduled intervals for Vision and Hearing screenings are as follows:

Vision screenings

• Preschool, Kindergarten, 2nd and 8th grades
• Special Education students (includes students in speech)
• Foster care and transfer students

Hearing screenings

• Preschool, Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd and 3rd grades
• Special Education students (includes students in speech)
• Foster Care and transfer students
• Students having known or suspected hearing loss

Parents and teachers may request screenings of student related to specific concerns at any time. District 203 nurses and trained health technicians also do vision and hearing screenings throughout the school year as needed.

These screenings generally take place September through November depending upon the school. Please see the Calendar of Events "District Events" for month-by-month events including vision and hearing screenings at each school.

If your child is referred to a physician following a screening, forms for completion by the physician can be obtained on the Health Forms page.

Scoliosis

The school nurse can perform Scoliosis screenings per parent request. If you have concerns regarding your child and a possible postural deformity of the spine (i.e., scoliosis, kyphosis), please contact your child’s assigned school nurse. A list of assigned school nurses and phone numbers is provided  on the Health Office Staff by Building page.