08/24/2026
🌡️ EXTREME HEAT IS A STUDENT SAFETY ISSUE.
When temperatures rise, protecting students and youth athletes requires more than watching the thermometer. HeatRisk considers how unusual the heat is, how long it lasts, nighttime temperatures, and health impacts—not temperature alone. (National Weather Service (https://www.weather.gov/safety/heat-tools?
🏫 SCHOOLS • COACHES • PARENTS/CAREGIVERS
Before practices, games, PE, recess, marching band, or other strenuous activities:
💧 Provide frequent access to water
🌳 Encourage shade and cooling breaks
☀️ Reduce time in direct sun during the hottest part of the day
👕 Encourage loose, lightweight, light-colored clothing
🧊 Use cold towels, ice packs, misting/cooling stations when appropriate
📈 Monitor conditions and modify, reschedule, or cancel activities when necessary
🔥 Gradually acclimatize students and athletes to heat especially before preseason activities
👀 Ask students how they are feeling and watch for early symptoms Protect our students. Protect our athletes. Know the risk. Make the call.
☀️ STAY COOL • STAY HYDRATED • STAY CONNECTED • STAY INFORMED