Orchard Garden Club on Saturday!
Volunteers welcome and needed for Saturday’s 9-12 Garden Work Day (Sunday is a Rain date)
No experience necessary and it would be helpful to bring gloves and a trowel.
Extra wheel barrows and large, pointed shovels are helpful too.
There are lots of hands (big and small) needed for weeding, and a focus will be planting butterfly attracting perennials in the courtyard
Feel free to drop in for any or all of it!
Contact Kasey Skidmore (kasey.m.skidmore@gmail.com) with questions
Student Performances
Wednesday, June 1st - Grades 2 & 3
Thursday, June 2nd - Kindergarten & Grade 1
Friday, June 3rd - Grades 4 & 5
Show tentatively to start at 8:30, more details coming soon, parents are welcome!
Our Artist-in-Residence Started This Week!
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School Nurse Notes
~TICKS IN VERMONT~
This week's focus: Tick Removal
REMOVE the tick as soon as you can. Risk for disease is greatly reduced if removed promptly.
- Clean fine-tipped tweezers work very well.
- Grasp the tick close to the skin's surface where the mouth is attached.
- Pull upward, with steady, slow, even pressure (do not twist, jerk or wiggle it out).
- Thoroughly clean the site.
- Dispose of the live tick by flushing it, wrapping it tightly in tape, or placing it in a sealed bag or rubbing alcohol. NEVER crush a tick.
Avoid using a hot match, petroleum jelly or nail polish to remove a tick. Stick with the above method. Per the CDC, tick testing, for evidence of infection, is not recommended.
~CHECK OUT THESE RESOURCES~
Use the CDC's interactive tool: TICK BITE BOT which assists with tick removal and helping to determine if further care may be necessary. For a terrific TICK REMOVAL VIDEO: watch it here.
Watch for symptoms (any type of rash or flu-like symptoms) for the next 3-30 days. Contact your medical provider if symptoms occur and inform them of the date and location of the bite.
For more information, visit the Vermont Department of Health or the CDC.
Next week's topic: Transmission
~COVID INFORMATION~
FREE LAMP tests (similar to PCR, but results within 30 minutes) are available from the Health Department as are antigen and PCR tests, through the end of June. Find sites here (walk-ins allowed) or make an appointment here for pick-up. FREE Rapid Antigen tests are available from the school. Please contact us and we can send them home with your student or you can pick them up at school. With symptoms, if the first antigen test is negative, use the second at least 24 hours later. If they are both negative, and you still have concerns, get a LAMP or a PCR test.Please keep sick kids home.
Be well,
Kara Cassani, RN & Darcy Mazlish, RN
Orchard School Nurses
SBSD Elementary Health Services
p. (802) 652-7303
f. (802) 652-7354
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South Burlington Rec News
Family Fun Events:
Kites in the Park 11:00 am – 1:00 pm Saturday 5/21
FREE
Join us in the park for our make/take kite event
We will meet under the large Arch at Veterans Memorial Park
Kite kits, markers and stickers will be provided
Thank you,
Brett
Brett Leonard, CPRP
Recreation Specialist
South Burlington Recreation and Parks
180 Market Street, South Burlington, VT 05403
Office: 802.846.4137 Cell: 802.233.4834
Please Respect Our Neighbors
Our Arrival and Dismissal routes are going much smoother these days so it is so important for parents to use our parking lot pick-ups & drop-off routes rather than dropping off your child on Baldwin Avenue. Our neighbors have been very patient with us and we need to keep off their lawns. It's also not safe so please support our neighbors like you support our school.
Thank you on this.
