As winter looms at the Upper School campus and temperatures begin to dip below a chilly 65 degrees, the furry inhabitants of the oak trees in the quad begin their seasonal preparations. The squirrels that are habitually seen frolicking amongst the remnants of lunch appear to have long-term food collection goals in mind as many have been seen burying troves of nuts around campus.

The squirrels on campus appear exceedingly proactive in their nut-hoarding, no doubt a result of fear instilled in the survivors of the notorious Bay Area blizzard of ‘13. With record low temperatures of not-even-freezing a possibility and a 0.01% chance of heavy snow, the squirrels have gone into emergency survival mode.