Peanut Butter

As you are aware, there is an ever-increasing need for vigilance and understanding when it comes to the reality of anaphylactic allergies, primarily those allergies that are connected to bees, certain foods, and in particular, peanut butter.

We have several students in our school community who are at risk as a result of these allergies. Obviously, as a school community, we have a desire and obligation to create and maintain an environment in which all of our students are safe, whatever the threat, and from wherever it may emerge.  Safety is the product of awareness of harm, identification of safe practices, implementation of these practices, and if necessary, enforcement.  But the greatest single factor involved in the establishment of a safe environment is caring.  

Caring about the issue.  Caring about the solutions.  Caring about each other.

As a school, we're never going to be able to absolutely guarantee that we are peanut-free.  But guarantees aside, we would certainly like to create an environment in which our anaphylactic students can feel safe and secure.  And to do that, we'd very much like to ask you for your help.

Of all the preventative measures we could adopt as a school family, perhaps the simplest would be our awareness around products containing nuts, and in particular, peanut or peanut-butter-based products or food items.  By voluntarily refraining from bringing such products to school, we directly and substantially make a difference in the lives of some of our school family.  We do this by choosing not to put their health, and indeed their lives, at risk.

We do this because we care.  And we are all the better for it.