Fire Drill

Today at school there was a fire drill that occurred as a result of a dirty toaster oven.  The kids had to go outside and the fire trucks came.  There was never any danger to anyone, mostly a lot of smoke.  The kids know this happened because of the toaster oven.

Some kids expressed worry about this.  I reassured them that it is my job to do whatever it takes to keep them safe at school.  I explained how there were grownups around when the toaster oven incident happened, and that it was taken care of right away and that the fire department was notified immediately so that everyone was safe.

I know that the children trust me and believe me when I tell them that I will keep them safe.  But I know it sometimes needs reiterating.

In light of the tragedy that happened in Connecticut today, it may bear repeating often that we are always around to keep your children safe and happy.  Hopefully they won't hear about it, but it seems that somehow kids sometimes find out things that we don't want them to.  If they do hear or know or have questions, please impress upon them that, first of all, those kinds of things don't happen at our school and, second of all, that we will always do whatever we need to keep them safe and happy.