Severe Weather Awareness Week

 

As with everything else this year, our safety and severe weather drills 

will look a little bit different this spring!

Tornado and Severe Weather Drill

We will not be doing an official tornado drill this year, but please do the following sometime this week:

• Watch this National Weather Service video about Tornado Safety (1:42)
• Show your students to your tornado drill location
• Practice the crouching/covering of head stance while spread out in your classroom. Specialists - please review where each class goes for their safe location in a tornado drill.

Safety Drill

We will not be doing an official safety drill/lock down this spring, but please do the following sometime this week:

• Rewatch the video and review lock down procedure with your class: Houlton Safety Video (1:34)
• Document the date when you completed the safety drill this spring:  Spring Safety Drill Completion
• A letter will be sent to families in this week's newsletter letting them know we've been discussing safety and severe weather drills.

Fire Drill

I will do a fire drill sometime after Forward testing - I'll let you know ahead of time. We will continue with the two groups - the bell and the announcement.

Fire Drill (2 groups)

• BELL - K (front entry), 2 (1st grade door), and 3rd (door by 5th)
• ANNOUNCEMENT - 1st (1st grade door), 4th and 5th (door by 5th)

Let me know if you have any questions!  

Sue