Dear families,
To help ensure the health and safety of all our students, Gardner-Dickinson School is now a peanut and tree nut free school due to the serious allergic reactions many children experience.
We understand this may be a challenge for families but with the increased safety measures due to COVID-19, with students eating at their classroom desks, we need to ensure a safe environment for our students.
Please avoid sending food in with your children that contain any of the following:
- Almond
- Beechnut
- Brazil nut
- Bush nut
- Butternut
- Cashew
- Chestnut
- Coconut
- Filbert
- Ginko nut
- Hazelnut
- Hickory nut
- Lichee nut
- Macadamia nut
- Nangai nut
- Pecan
- Peanut
- Pine nut
- Pistachio
- Shea nut
- Walnut
Again, we apologize for any inconvenience but food allergies are a serious and potentially life-threatening medical condition. One in 13 children in the United States has a food allergy. Every three minutes, a food allergy reaction sends someone to the emergency room in the United States. Please help us create a positive school environment for our students where they feel safe.
If your child has a food-related allergy or sensitivity, please make sure to let School Nurse Tricia Gibbs know by calling 518-283-4600 ext. 3. Ms. Gibbs can also answer any questions you may have.
Thank you.
Dr. Mary Yodis, Superintendent
Tricia Gibbs, School Nurse