Campus Safety & Security
While the education of your children is what we pour our hearts into, the safety of our students throughout the year is our top priority as well.
In light of our nation’s recent events, our goal is to ensure our teachers and staff are well trained with the latest safety and health procedures. The teachers and staff turn to our Disaster Response Plan often throughout the school year, while the DRP is reviewed and updated annually by our leadership team to ensure its accuracy in equipping the staff.
Safety preparedness involves understanding events we might experience while on campus such as an earthquake, fire, chemical spill or even a trespasser. In order to be well prepared for such events, we have a part time School Wide Awareness Trainer (SWAT) on staff who evaluates and identifies everyday campus safety issues and concerns and then looks at ways to improve them.
Here are the highlights of what we do to keep your children safe.
Campus Access Policy
All visitors accessing the campus while school is in session must check into the office to help ensure the safety and well-being of all students and staff.
Shelter in Place Drills
These drills are designed to prepare the campus for things such as chemical spills/releases.
Monthly Fire Drills
We don’t just run the same boring drill every month, we simulate blocked stairwells and pre-plan a displaced child, with parental permission to avoid complacency and keep our teachers and Buildings and Grounds crew on their toes.
Do Not Release To List
We keep an active list available to all staff personnel so they are clearly aware of children who, for whatever reason, are unable to be released to a particular person.
Student Only Restrooms
We have restrooms designated for our students only near the playgrounds; no adults are to access these restrooms during the school day.
Evacuation Plan
We have identified locations for an all school-evacuation, and continuously practice safe evacuations for students and staff through monthly drills.
Public Address System
Our public announcement system throughout the CAMPUS enables us to keep everyone informed when there is valuable information that needs to be communicated.
Parent Alert
This phone system allows us access to all families of the school in order to immediately inform them of events occurring on our campus.
Medical Drills
We conduct medical response drills throughout the year to ensure we are ready to respond to emergencies on the playground or in the classroom in a timely fashion.