Principal Update
March 17, 2023
Dear Runkle Community,
I want to share a serious incident that occurred earlier this morning. Three students experienced probable allergic reactions at lunchtime, potentially to soy milk distributed today at Heath school.
Heath's school nurse acted quickly to support the students and contacted emergency services. Emergency response services arrived on the scene, and the Brookline Police Department promptly arrived at each PSB school to curtail the distribution of this product. Runkle students had not been offered soy milk today. It was still in the backup refrigerator when the BPD arrived. The PSB Food Services department has been made aware of this issue and has removed this product from distribution until further notice. Additionally, we have contacted our vendors to inform them of this issue.
We want to thank the BPD, Department of Public Health, and our Student Health Services and Food Service staff for their prompt response and wish our Heath students a safe and speedy recovery.
Please read about some more joyful events that happened at Runkle this week. We are working hard and highly engaged in learning right now. I hope your children are sharing all the success that we see everyday.
Learning about Ramadan in 1Mu
Grade 1 Concert Rehearsal
Superintendent, Dr. Guillory, visits Runkle
Techsploration Events at Runkle
Author and Illustrator, Jason Chin, visits Grades 1-4 at Runkle on Thursday
Important Dates:
Tuesday, March 21st: Yale's Mixed Company Performance for grades 4-8 at 9:00 am.
Tuesday, March 21st: 8th Grade Student Basketball Players VS Runkle Staff at 2:40 pm in the gym.
Wednesday, March 22nd: Runkle School Site Council Meeting in the library, 4:15-5:30 pm.
Thursday, March 23rd: Runkle's Community Service Project: All students at Runkle will be learning about the Brookline Senior Center and then writing cards to Brookline Seniors.
Friday, March 24th: Kindergarten Snuggle and Read at 8:00 am
Friday, March 24th: Math and Science Night at Runkle, 5:30-7:30 pm.
MCAS testing begins the week of March 27th.