El Semanario Edison Language Academy – Together Through Two Languages (310) 828-0335 www.edison.smmusd.org FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK: EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS SEPTEMBER 22-26, 2014 ANNOUNCEMENTS At one of our Back to School Grade Level Meetings in August, some parents asked questions about how Edison prepares for emergencies and what parents should do if there is an emergency while children are at school. One of our most important responsibilities is ensuring the safety of our students during emergency situations. As do all schools, we have detailed school-level and district-level safety plans for a variety of possible emergencies. Staff have copies of our plan and we talk about it and practice our responsibilities. The most visible way we do this is to have monthly school-wide fire drills and periodic earthquake drills and lock down drills. There are also emergency clipboards in each classroom with instructions for emergencies, student rosters, and evacuation routes so that substitutes know what to do. We teach all students what do to during different types of emergencies and then we practice so that they can do it calmly, safely and automatically. Emergency drills are one of the few times when we are super-strict about following directions quickly and without any talking. If you have ever been on campus during one of our fire drills, you will hear the loud sound of the fire alarm bells ringing. Nearly immediately, students line up and are walked from their classrooms to one of our designated evacuation areas. Attendance is checked and reported and several staff members are designated to “sweep” the campus to make sure everyone has evacuated and the site is secure. For earthquakes, we have duck and cover drills for earthquake safety in the classrooms and participate in an annual full-fledged earthquake evacuation drill “The Great Shakeout!”. During this drill, we practice what we would do in the event of a large earthquake such that we might need to keep students here for several days. All staff are assigned to different emergency teams and we practice with different scenarios. We keep emergency food and water on campus and we have a large container of emergency supplies for first aid, temporary shelter and restrooms, search and rescue, etc. We also prepare for the possibility that we may need to shelter children in place in their classrooms to ensure their safety (a “lock down” for a community disturbance or an intruder). We practice these procedures quarterly and keep emergency restroom supplies and emergency food in the classrooms. What should parents do should if an emergency happens while children are at school? If there is phone service and it is safe to do so, we will send a dialer alerting you to the situation and with instructions. Otherwise, make your way to campus when it is safe to do so. The gates will be locked, but when it is safe to do so, we have a process to release children in an orderly fashion to parents/guardians or individuals on the emergency card. If you’d like to learn more, contact me or volunteer for the school safety team! LAST CALL -- PARENT ENGAGEMENT SURVEY window closes September 18. The survey is accessible by following this link: http://www.smmusd.org/surveys/index.html. Paper copies are went home in the Wednesday packets. Survey results will not be tied to individual participants. When the survey has closed the district will share results. Please share your ideas. FALL PICTURE DAY – Individual student and class pictures will be taken on September 19. Fill out the order form and return it with your child if you want to purchase pictures. FREE MONEY! –Now that we have your attention, we have an opportunity that’s pretty close to free money for Edison. Register your Ralph’s card and ask everyone you know to register their card. At no cost to the shopper, Ralph’s will give us a percentage of the purchases of every shopper whose card is registered to Edison – up to $25,000! See the instructions in last week’s Wednesday packet, on the parent information bulletin boards, and in the front office. KANSAS AVENUE MORNING DROP OFF ZONE is only open between 8:00 – 8:30 am. Do not drop off students or attempt to enter the school through the parking lot before 8:00 or after 8:30 am – the gates to school are locked and cars are coming and going. BLUE DOG IS BACK! - Last year Edison raised over $10,000 for programs for our students by selling items in the Blue Dog gift catalogue to family members and friends. This year’s Blue Dog sale is now open! Please see the catalogue and sale materials in this week’s Wednesday packet and see how your family can participate. Great prizes for participating students. Thanks for your help! KID BIZ TRAINING FOR PARENTS – Friday, October 10 at 8:30 am in the computer lab, we’ll offer an orientation to this Spanish and English reading program for grades 2-5. September 17 PTA Association Meeting – 8:30 am. September 24 New Volunteer Training 8:30 a.m. September 25 – NO SCHOOL -California Admissions Day Observed
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El Semanario
Edison Language Academy – Together Through Two Languages
(310) 828-0335 www.edison.smmusd.org
FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK: EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
S E P T E M B E R 2 2 - 2 6 , 2 0 1 4
ANNOUNCEMENTS
At one of our Back to School Grade Level Meetings in August, some parents asked questions about how Edison prepares for emergencies and what parents should do if there is an emergency while children are at school.
One of our most important responsibilities is ensuring the safety of our students during emergency situations. As do all schools, we have detailed school-level and district-level safety plans for a variety of possible emergencies. Staff have copies of our plan and we talk about it and practice our responsibilities. The most visible way we do this is to have monthly school-wide fire drills and periodic earthquake drills and lock down drills. There are also emergency clipboards in each classroom with instructions for emergencies, student rosters, and evacuation routes so that substitutes know what to do.
We teach all students what do to during different types of emergencies and then we practice so that they can do it calmly, safely and automatically. Emergency drills are one of the few times when we are super-strict about following directions quickly and without any talking. If you have ever been on campus during one of our fire drills, you will hear the loud sound of the fire alarm bells ringing. Nearly immediately, students line up and are walked from their classrooms to one of our designated evacuation areas. Attendance is checked and reported and several staff members are designated to “sweep” the campus to make sure everyone has evacuated and the site is secure. For earthquakes, we have duck and cover drills for earthquake safety in the classrooms and participate in an annual full-fledged earthquake evacuation drill “The Great Shakeout!”. During this drill, we practice what we would do in the event of a large earthquake such that we might need to keep students here for several days. All staff are assigned to different emergency teams and we practice with different scenarios. We keep emergency food and water on campus and we have a large container of emergency supplies for first aid, temporary shelter and restrooms, search and rescue, etc.
We also prepare for the possibility that we may need to shelter children in place in their classrooms to ensure their safety (a “lock down” for a community disturbance or an intruder). We practice these procedures quarterly and keep emergency restroom supplies and emergency food in the classrooms.
What should parents do should if an emergency happens while children are at school? If there is phone service and it is safe to do so, we will send a dialer alerting you to the situation and with instructions. Otherwise, make your way to campus when it is safe to do so. The gates will be locked, but when it is safe to do so, we have a process to release children in an orderly fashion to parents/guardians or individuals on the emergency card. If you’d like to learn more, contact me or volunteer for the school safety team!
LAST CALL -- PARENT ENGAGEMENT SURVEY window closes September 18. The survey is accessible by following this link: http://www.smmusd.org/surveys/index.html. Paper copies are went home in the Wednesday packets. Survey results will not be tied to individual participants. When the survey has closed the district will share results. Please share your ideas.
FALL PICTURE DAY – Individual
student and class pictures will be taken on September 19. Fill out the order form and return it with your child if you want to purchase pictures. FREE MONEY! –Now that we have your attention, we have an opportunity that’s pretty close to free money for Edison. Register your Ralph’s card and ask everyone you know to register their card. At no cost to the shopper, Ralph’s will give us a percentage of the purchases of every shopper whose card is registered to Edison – up to $25,000! See the instructions in last week’s Wednesday packet, on the parent information bulletin boards, and in the front office. KANSAS AVENUE MORNING DROP OFF ZONE is only open between 8:00 – 8:30 am. Do not drop off students or attempt to enter the school through the parking lot before 8:00 or after 8:30 am – the gates to school are locked and cars are coming and going. BLUE DOG IS BACK! - Last year Edison raised over $10,000 for programs for our students by selling items in the Blue Dog gift catalogue to family members and friends. This year’s Blue Dog sale is now open! Please see the catalogue and sale materials in this week’s Wednesday packet and see how your family can participate. Great prizes for participating students. Thanks for your help! KID BIZ TRAINING FOR PARENTS – Friday, October 10 at 8:30 am in the computer lab, we’ll offer an orientation to this Spanish and English reading program for grades 2-5.
September 17 PTA Association Meeting – 8:30 am.
September 24 New Volunteer Training 8:30 a.m.
September 25 – NO SCHOOL -California Admissions Day Observed
Edison Language Academy – Together Through Two Languages
(310) 828-0335 www.edison.smmusd.org
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ANUNCIOS En una de nuestras reuniones de Nivel de Grado de Regreso a la Escuela en
agosto, algunos padres hicieron preguntas sobre cómo Edison prepara para las emergencias y qué deberían hacer los padres si hay una emergencia mientras los niños están en la escuela.
Una de nuestras responsabilidades más importantes es asegurar la seguridad de nuestros estudiantes durante situaciones de emergencia. Cómo lo hacen todas las escuelas, tenemos planes detallados a nivel escolar y a nivel del distrito de seguridad para una variedad de emergencias posibles. El personal tiene copias de nuestro plan y lo discutimos y practicamos nuestras responsabilidades. La manera más visible que hacemos esto es tener prácticas mensuales de incendios y periódicamente tenemos prácticas de terremotos y enceramientos con toda la escuela. También hay tableros de emergencia en cada salón con instrucciones para emergencias, listas de asistencia de la clase, y rutas de evacuación para que los suplentes sepan que hacer.
Les enseñamos a todos los estudiantes lo que deben hacer durante diferentes tipos de emergencias y luego lo practicamos para que ellos lo puedan hacer calmadamente, seguros y automáticamente. La prácticas de emergencia son una de las pocas veces cuando somos súper estrictos con seguir las instrucciones rápidamente y sin hablar. Si alguna vez han estado en la escuela durante una de nuestras prácticas de incendio, escucharán un sonido fuerte de nuestra alarma de incendio sonando. Casi inmediatamente, los estudiantes se forman y son encaminados de sus salones a una de nuestras áreas designadas de evacuación. Se revisa la asistencia y se reporta y varios miembros de personal son designados a “recorrer” la escuela para asegurar de que todos hayan evacuado el sitio estén seguros. Para terremotos, tenemos las prácticas de agacharse y cubrirse para la seguridad en un terremoto en los salones y participamos en la práctica anual de evacuación de terremotos “¡El Gran Temblor!”. Durante esta práctica, practicamos lo que haríamos en el evento de un gran terremoto tal cómo si tuviéramos que mantener a los niños aquí por varios días. Todo el personal está asignado a diferentes equipos de emergencia y practicamos con diferentes situaciones. Mantenemos comida y agua de emergencia en la escuela y tenemos un almacén grande de materiales de emergencia para primeros auxilios, albergues temporales y baños, busca y rescate, etc.
También nos preparamos para la posibilidad que necesitemos albergar a los niños en su lugar en sus salones para asegurar sus seguridad (un “encerramiento” para un disturbo en la comunidad o un intruso). Practicamos estos procedimientos cada tres meses y mantenemos materiales de emergencia de baños y comida de emergencia en los salones.
¿Qué deben hacer los padres si ocurre una emergencia mientras están los niños en la escuela? Si hay servicio de teléfono y es seguro hacerlo, les mandaremos un mensaje por teléfono alertándolos de la situación con instrucciones. De lo contrario, vénganse hacia la escuela cuando sea seguro hacerlo. Los portones estarán cerrados, pero cuando esté seguro, tenemos un proceso para entregar los niños en una orden tranquila a sus padres/guardianes o a personas en la tarjeta de emergencia. ¡Si les gustaría aprender más, comuníquense conmigo o apúntese para el equipo de seguridad de la escuela!
Última llamada - Encuesta de Involucramiento de Padres- El plazo se cierra el 18 de septiembre. Para tener acceso a la encuesta por internet, revise la Página de Internet del Distrito, la Página de Edison en Facebook, o sigan este enlace: http://www.smmusd.org/surveys/index.html. Se mandaron copias de papel a los hogares en los paquetes de los miércoles. Los resultados de las encuestas no serán conectadas a participantes individuales. Cuando cierre la encuesta el distrito compartirá los resultados Por favor compartan sus ideas.
Día de Fotos del Otoño -Se tomarán fotos individuales y de clase el 19 de septiembre. Completen la forma de órdenes y entréguenla al maestro/a de su hijo/a si quieren comprar fotos.
¡Dinero Gratis!–Ahora que tenemos su
atención, tenemos una oportunidad que es casi cómo dinero gratis para Edison. Registren su tarjeta de Ralph’s y pídanles a toda la gente que conozcan que registren sus tarjetas. Sin ningún costo al comprador, Ralph’s nos dará un porcentaje de las compras de cada comprador que use su tarjeta que este registrada a Edison - ¡hasta $25,000! Miren las instrucciones en el paquete del miércoles de la semana pasada, en el boletín de información de padres, y en la oficina principal.
La Zona de Desembarque por las Mañanas en
la Kansas Avenue solamente está abierta entre 8:00 y 8:30 am. No dejen a los estudiantes ni intenten entrar a la escuela por el estacionamiento antes de las 8:00 o después de las 8:30 am – los portones hacia la escuela están con candado y hay carros entrando y saliendo.
¡Perro Azul ha Regresado! - el año pasado Edison recaudó más de $10,000 para programas para nuestros estudiantes vendiendo cosas en el catálogo de regalos de Perro Azul a los miembros de la familia y amistades. ¡La venta de Perro Azul de este año ya está abierta! Por favor miren el catálogo y los materiales de venta en el paquete de este miércoles y vean cómo su familia puede participar. Hay premios buenos para los estudiantes que participan. ¡Gracias por su ayuda!
Entrenamiento de KidBiz para Padres – el
viernes 10 de octubre a las 8:30 am en el laboratorio de computadoras, ofreceremos una orientación para este programa de lectura en español e inglés para los grados 2 – 5.
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17 de septiembre – Reunión de Asociación de
la PTA – 8:30 am.
24 de septiembre – Entrenamiento para Voluntarios Nuevos 8:30 a.m.
25 de septiembre – NO HAY CLASES Día de Admisiones de California
