Every school is required to practice three fire drills in the fall term and three drills in the spring.  All schools are also required to have two lockdown drills. The lockdown is put into place when there is a threat to personal safety inside or outside of the school. The drill involves an announcement that there is a lockdown and teachers are required to ensure that students are in rooms, doors are locked, hallway windows are covered and students remain quiet. The third drill we are required to do is a tornado drill, this will happen in the spring.   Please be assured that our staff at school will spend time discussing the importance of these procedures with students prior to running drills. We will also take time after the drills to remind students that it was only a practice and there was no danger.