Everybody likes the smell of vanilla. Everybody but bugs, that is. Dilute 1 tablespoon vanilla extract with 1 cup water and wipe the mixture on your exposed skin to discourage mosquitoes, blackflies, and ticks.
To begin kindergarten in the state of Illinois, a child should be 5 years old on or before September 1 of the kindergarten year and live within the boundaries of the school district.
Depending on when students began school, they will start high school as freshmen at the age of 14 or 15. Some states have rules that prevent children from starting kindergarten if their fifth birthday comes after the first day of school.