Today we had our 5th Fire Drill. Fire Drills are an integral part of our schools safety plan. The first two are announced and instructions are given to the students and staff prior to the alarm being sounded. The next 4 are unannounced. We try to stay under 2 minutes for the complete evacuation of our building. We do 6 by Mid October and then another 4 (1 announced) between March and May.
Student safety and school security are a primary concern here at Upper Room Christian School! We have 32 closed circuit digital camera's that are monitored during school hours and record 24/7. We do bus drills twice a year, 10 fire drills a year and 1 emergency evacuation each year. We are also a part of the Suffolk County Emergency Alert System which allows the fire/rescue and police to contact us and us to contact them using a special 800MHz Trunked Radio System.
We also do bully prevention classes, classes regarding proper sexual behavior, conflict resolution, substance abuse classes which include "say no to tobacco, drugs and alcohol" and do periodic locker searches.
As a result we are blessed to say that in over 33 years we have never had a student injured due to a fight or an emergency in school, never had a substance or gang related problem and do not have a problem with bullying or sexual misconduct on campus.
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