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Vision and Hearing 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 from out of state

Vision and Hearing Screening Dates

School Screen Date Rescreen Date
ARECC In House Screening In House Screening
Beebe 9/8/2025 9/15/2025
Connections 10/8/2025 10/17/2025
Ellsworth 10/7/2025 10/22/2025
Elmwood 10/21/2025 11/5/2025
Highlands 10/23/2025 11/6/2025
Kingsley 10/3/2025 10/17/2025
Maplebrook 10/20/2025 11/3/2025
Meadow Glens 10/24/2025 11/7/2025
Mill Street 10/2/2025 10/16/2025
Naper 9/9/2025 9/23/2025
Prairie 10/30/2025 11/13/2025
Ranch View 10/28/2025 11/14/2025
River Woods 10/27/2025 11/10/2025
Scott 9/22/2025 10/6/2025
Steeple Run 11/20/2025 12/4/2025
JJHS 9/24/2025 10/8/2025
KJHS 9/16/2025 9/30/2025
LJHS 10/1/2025 10/15/2025
MJHS 9/23/2025 10/7/2025
WJHS 11/6/2025 11/21/2025
NNHS In-house screenings In-house screenings
NCHS In-house screenings In-house screenings
Hearing screenings
  • Preschool, Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd and 3rd grades
  • Special Education students (includes students in speech)
  • Foster Care and transfer students from out of state
  • 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 District Calendar 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 Forms and Resources (link) 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 School page.