It has been a milestone school year with lots of kids and school programs returning to full swing after two years of COVID restrictions and lock-downs. Our shared experience will hopefully help us continue to be proactive in keeping our school a healthy space to learn. A valuable take away from COVID is the significant impact personal health decisions and behaviors have in creating a healthy school environment. With the Flu, RSV, and COVID virus circulating in the population, we hope that lessons learned from COVID will motivate parents and families to act as role models to students in basic infection control practices. Getting vaccinated for vaccine preventable diseases is one way to slow disease spread and also protects people from having to go to the hospital. Making sure indoor spaces get proper air exchange (by mixing with outdoor air) is another way to prevent infection spread. The rest of the steps we mention here have been said many times before: staying home when sick, covering coughs and sneezes, and proper hand washing will go a long way in helping both kids and school workers stay healthy.
May you and yours truly feel the joy this season brings in making memories with loved ones.
Have a happy and fun-filled holiday break!
