Health & Wellness
December 15th, 2021
Hello D6 Families!
O'HARE Labs Testing If you have not already signed up, click the link listed below to register your student for the weekly O'HARE COVID-19 testing. This is a cheek swab PCR test that is done at home. The test kit will be sent home with your student each week and then returned to the school with your student to be sent off to O'HARE labs. Parents will have access to the results via a secure portal. There is no cost to families for this testing. Testing is optional. | Masks Requirements Masks are still required to be worn when in the school buildings. This requirement is for students, staff, and parents who are visiting the building. Many students are coming to school without a mask, losing their maks at school, throwing them away, or intentionally damaging them. Please talk to your student about the importance of having a mask and wearing it correctly. As we move into yet another COVID-19 surge, supplies are becoming increasingly short. Providing your student with a cloth mask that can be washed as needed, is the best option to ensure they will always have a mask and be able to protect themselves. For a list of stores with disposable masks in stock, click the mask image. | Where To Get TestedBelow are links to area testing centers for your convenience. Hours and location are listed as well. https://www.kenoshacounty.org/2058/COVID-19-Testing-Locations For testing sites throughout Illinois: |
O'HARE Labs Testing
This is a cheek swab PCR test that is done at home. The test kit will be sent home with your student each week and then returned to the school with your student to be sent off to O'HARE labs.
Parents will have access to the results via a secure portal. There is no cost to families for this testing. Testing is optional.
Masks Requirements
Many students are coming to school without a mask, losing their maks at school, throwing them away, or intentionally damaging them. Please talk to your student about the importance of having a mask and wearing it correctly.
As we move into yet another COVID-19 surge, supplies are becoming increasingly short. Providing your student with a cloth mask that can be washed as needed, is the best option to ensure they will always have a mask and be able to protect themselves.
For a list of stores with disposable masks in stock, click the mask image.
Where To Get Tested
Below are links to area testing centers for your convenience. Hours and location are listed as well.
https://www.kenoshacounty.org/2058/COVID-19-Testing-Locations
For testing sites throughout Illinois:
D6 had partnered with the IDPH to bring our community a vaccine clinic. Please click the link for more information on dates, registration, and location. This clinic is open to anyone ages 5 and up.
D6 COVID-19 Protocols
- 3-feet social distancing whenever possible. 6-feet while eating.
- Masks are required to be worn while at school but all students and staff unless eating or drinking.
- If your student test positive for COVID-19, you will be required to quarantine. Please contact the building nurse or the district nurse to determine their return date.
- If your student is unvaccinated, a close contact to a person who tested positive for COVID-19 at school, and opted into the BinaxNOW testing program, they can continue to attend school and receive a COVID-19 test by your building nurse on Day 1, 3, 5, and 7 as long as they remain symptom free.
- If your student is unvaccinated, close contact to a person who tested positive for COVID-19, and the exposure was outside of the school setting, they will need to complete a 10-20 day quarantine. The specifics of the situation will determine how long you quarantine.
- Vaccinated individuals do not need to quarantine if a close contact regardless of where the exposure occurred.
- If your student unvaccinated or any of your household members are symptomatic with any of the below symptoms, they must stay home. The symptomatic person must either get a negative COVID-19 test or a doctor's note stating their illness is not due to COVID-19.
- Please submit the results to your building nurse or the district nurse prior to sending your student back to school.
- Symptomatic students (regardless of vaccination status) are required to get a negative COVID-19 test or doctor's note clearing them to return to school if they have any of the below symptoms:
o Fever over 100.4
o Cough
o Shortness of Breath
o New Loss of Taste or Smell
o Body Aches (this can be sore legs, a back ache, or just a general overall soreness)
o Fatigue (this is more than a normal tired that has no other cause)
o Sore Throat
o Nausea/ Vomiting
o Diarrhea