Secure Schools Information for 2022 2023

Every year, school communities are required to engage in a number of Secure Schools drills to ensure all students and staff understand how to participate in the case of an emergency situation.  These drills include:  6 fire drills (3 in the fall, 3 in the spring), 1 hold and secure drill, 1 shelter in place drill, 2 lockdown drills and 1 bomb threat drill.

For more information about the specific circumstances involving each of these emergency situations, please see this link on the HWDSB website:  https://www.hwdsb.on.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Secure-Schools-Protocol.pdf

This week, we will engage in our first fall Fire Drill event.  Our first fire drill is scheduled for Tuesday, September 20, 2022, weather permitting.  Whole school information will be shared with students about the drill over the announcements and individual educators in classrooms have been working with students to prepare them for classroom-specific procedures.

It is anticipated that our remaining two fire drills will follow in the next few weeks. More information will be posted on the website when we begin lockdown, shelter in place, hold and secure and bomb threat drills later in the year.

To learn more about HWDSB’s approach to secure schools, please go to: https://www.hwdsb.on.ca/secondary/supports/secure-schools/