Dear Bancroft Community,
From 60 degrees on Wednesday to a snow day on Friday, mother nature was certainly on full display this week in Worcester. I hope everyone is enjoying a fun, safe, and relaxing day at home. As spring break looms just a few weeks away, I wanted to provide some additional updates and reminders about some upcoming Bancroft happenings in March.
Health and Safety Update
As mentioned in last week's update, we have been carefully monitoring the state of Massachusetts and City of Worcester mask policies and are in touch with the Department of Public Health and our health and safety advisors as we consider our options for moving toward a mask optional environment. Over the next month, we will be moving away from requiring masks at all times and toward a more flexible approach to mask use. While masks will no longer be required at all times indoors, we will support those who need to wear masks for health reasons or who prefer to wear their masks. It is important that we continue to utilize the tools that have helped to keep us healthy, safe, and limit the spread of the virus. This includes a daily health check with Medbot, weekly testing, and vaccination. We especially encourage all eligible individuals to get vaccinated and boosted as it has proven to be a highly effective tool.
Our community has done well to abide by these protocols to protect each other which has been evident with two straight rounds of testing that have revealed zero positive tests.
As a reminder, please administer the next rapid antigen test for this coming Monday, February 28th.
At-home Rapid Antigen Test Schedule
Thursday, Feb. 17. - Second round of tests distributed
Monday, Feb. 21. - Test #3 completed
Monday, Feb. 28. - Test #4 to be completed
Details of this testing and instructions can be found here. Any questions or concerns about testing can be directed to our school nurse Liza Marzilli.
Lucky Stiff & Community Dinner
After a two-year pandemic hiatus, the Upper School musical is back on stage with in-person audiences and I can't wait to see what our talented cast and crew have been working on. Tickets for Lucky Stiff (PG-13) are now on sale!
Thu. Mar 10th 2022, 7:30 pm
Fri. Mar 11th 2022, 7:30 pm
Sat. Mar 12th 2022, 1:00 pm
Sat. Mar 12th 2022, 7:30 pm
With the musical back at Bancroft, so is the annual Community Dinner! Join us on March 11th (5:30 pm - 7:00 pm) before the musical in the dining hall. The menu consists of pasta entrees from Dino's Restaurant of Worcester, salad, bread, and dessert. Dinner tickets are $10 per person and can be ordered online here. Please join us, support our performing arts program, and attend what I know will be a great show.
Bancroft Night At The Worcester Railers
Don't miss your chance to see our hometown hockey team the Worcester Railers on Friday, March 4th. Discounted $15.00 tickets have been made available for Bancroft families here and apart from great hockey action, you'll get to see Bancroft students perform the National Anthem on the ice. We hope to see you there.
We look forward to continuing to welcome everyone back to Shore Drive for additional events and gatherings as the school year progresses. Thank you all again for your continued support and partnership.
Best,
Trey