School Visitors / Identification
All visitors, including parents must immediately report to the main office, sign-in and wear visitor identification. This is done for the safety and security of all students. Exceptions are sporting events and special events, i.e. whole school assemblies. Students are expected to wear school identification when they are in the building.
Playground Supervision
Playground supervision is provided by the school during recess and lunch hours and for ten minutes after school. Families are responsible for supervision before and after these times.Picking-Up Students During School Hours
Parents who wish to pick up a child during school hours are requested to contact the office staff in advance. In this way the child can be readied, teachers informed and lunchroom / busing personnel advised. Even if you have sent a note with your child or personally informed the teacher that you are picking up your child - please advise office staff as well. Students being picked up should meet their parent(s) at the office.
Fire Drills
CBE regulations require schools to have a minimum of 6 fire drills a year in which all children are required to participate. It is important that your child have shoes on their feet at all times while in the school as we are required to exit the building immediately whenever the fire bell rings.
Lockdowns
All CBE schools are required to practice lockdowns in the same way that we practice fire drills. The procedures for lockdowns are developed with the Calgary Police Service and are part of each school’s Emergency Response Plan. If you have questions about lockdown drills or lockdown procedures, please contact your principal.
Evacuation Procedures
In the event that the school needs to be evacuated for any reason, all staff have been trained according to CBE standards. All schools have a primary and a secondary evacuation site. In the event of an evacuation, you will receive an email, phone or SMS notification from the school.
Video Surveillance Technology
The Calgary Board of Education may install and use video surveillance technology at select schools to support maintaining a safe and secure environment and to help control vandalism and criminal activity on school property.
Personal information gathered by video surveillance is collected under the authority of the Education Act and the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIP) section 33(b). The users of this information are the principal or designate and law enforcement personnel in the case of reported incidents that would require an investigation. Only authorized persons will review video surveillance information.
This technology is considered a complement to, and not a replacement for, CBE's strategies in supporting a welcoming, caring, safe, and respectful learning and work environment for students and staff.
Approval, installation and use of video surveillance technology will comply with Administrative Regulation 1066.
For questions or concerns, please contact the school principal.