Sprague School
Emergency Response Drill Approaching
The School Safety Drill Act (105 ILCS 128/1 et seq.) requires that during each academic year, each school building must conduct a minimum of:
Three school evacuation drills.
One bus evacuation drill.
One severe weather (shelter-in-place) drill.
One law enforcement drill to address an active shooter incident.
- There may be other drills at the direction of the administration. A warning to the students shall not precede drills. The school principal shall keep the Superintendent or designee informed as to the status of the drills.
In compliance with the Safety Drill Act, parents have the right to exempt their child from the Emergency Response Drill. Drills will take place on the following dates:
- Half Day: Wednesday, October 25, please fill out the Half Day opt out form no later than NOON on MONDAY, OCTOBER 23, if you do not want your child to participate.
- Sprague:Wednesday, October 25, please fill out the Sprague opt out form no later than NOON on MONDAY, OCTOBER 23, if you do not want your child to participate.
An important reminder is to know that the best way to deal with an armed intruder is to not deal with them at all. This is most effectively accomplished through information sharing. Many of the tragedies that have occurred in schools were preceded by acts or statements that either were not shared by people who knew about the possible crisis or were not taken seriously enough by those who were informed.
Here in District 103, our students can trust that they will be taken seriously should they overhear strange conversations and decide to tell someone in authority, i.e. parents, teachers, police, principals. If you have any questions about the emergency response drills, please reach out to your child’s principal.
How Emergency Response Drills work at Sprague
Similar to our fire and tornado drills, it is important for us to practice what to do if there is a danger in or around our school building.
Teachers will lead an introductory lesson in their classrooms to learn what to do when we need to lock down at Sprague to be safe. We will provide a lesson in the current classroom setting where students already feel safe as part of our learning community. This lesson will provide a developmentally appropriate presentation and include a reading of the book, "I'm Not Scared, I'm Prepared." This lesson focuses on students listening to their teachers and following directions. We do not use the term “active shooter.”
We will be using a set of common terms for consistent understanding throughout the lessons.
Students will only practice a traditional lock down. We will not evacuate or counter as this is not developmentally appropriate.
Laura B. Sprague School
- Principal Ann Hofmeier
- Assistant Principal Jennifer Arroyo
- 847-945-6686
- Ls_attendance@d103.org