The sniffles are making their way around campus.
Be sure to wash hands and hydrate. No masks are required, but feel free to wear one if it makes you feel more comfortable.
“I have noticed an uptick in sickness from adults as well as children,” School Nurse Beth Escobar said. “This isn’t too alarming to me because it is normal to see an uptick in sickness during the winter months.”
Escobar urges students who are sick to stay home and have a parent communicate with her as well, instead of just keeping teachers in the loop.
“In that way, I can keep my finger on the pulse of illness at Brimmer,” Escobar said.
Escobar emphasized that as far as wellness goes, “nothing is rampant here,” but that it’s always important to wash hands.
Last winter, despite illness among the cast constraining ‘Big Fish’ to a two-performance schedule, the Upper School musical defied expectations by drawing sold-out audiences on both Friday and Saturday night.
In anticipation of illness, this year’s production includes understudies.
“We were left unprepared,” Upper School Musical Director Bill Jacob said. “We don’t want that to happen again.”
As the cast and crew prepares for next week’s performances of ‘Hadestown,’ let’s help everyone in the community healthy.
The best way to do that?
