From the Principal

October is safety month. We conduct a series of safety drills to familiarize our students with procedures to handle a crisis, should it be necessary. We practice the procedures many times throughout the year so the stu-dents do not panic if a crisis arises. The three main drills we practice are fire evacuation, inclement weather (i.e. tornado), and a lock-down (security) drill. As your student tells you of a practice drill, ask them what they do. This will help reinforce the procedures they practiced in school. Our goal is for the procedures to become so rou-tine that the students could run it without an adult present. Since October is Fire Safety month, we encourage each family to practice their emergency plans for home in the event of a crisis. The more we practice, the more instantaneous our response is to a crisis situation.