Drop, Cover & Hold On

On Wednesday, I attended an ACSI Administrators conference in Long Beach. The day was filled with exciting and informative programs. ACSI has been able to forge agreements with the Federal government and with the state Department of Education to include our school in many programs once only available in public schools.

The NOAA meteroligist from Oxnard talked to us about a new alert program. Representatives of the LA County of Education office in Downey shared new ways for teachers to continue learning. Most interesting was the update on the upcoming state wide emergency earthquake drill.

By now, you should have heard of The Great Shake Out. To learn more, click on the link. This is such an important issue, that we have now posted a banner to the right. I learned that getting into a doorway during an earthquake is not a good idea.

Drop (get down before the earthquake knocks you down)
Cover (get under a table or cover your head) and
Hold On (hold onto table / desk legs)

During the next month, we will be discussing earthquakes, performing drills, and getting ready for the Big One. Download this flyer, and discuss it with your student. Make an emergency plan for your family.

Hopefully, we'll never have to do this for real. But let's be ready!