- Oakwood Terrace
- Weather / Emergency Procedures
Weather / Emergency Procedures
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Weather and emergency announcements
District-wide closure information is posted on the HEB ISD School Closings / Urgent News webpage, and distributed through additional web, media, social media, and email outlets described on that page.
In an emergency
Students need parents and staff to remain calm in stressful situations.
We will contact parents/guardians if students need to be picked up. We will not leave students unattended.
Oakwood Terrace Elementary contact information
Please be patient. Student safety is the top priority. We will answer phone calls or bring your child to the front office when we can do so safely.
Safety Procedures
All HEB ISD schools have response plans and resources in place for weather events, fire, accidents, intruders, and other threats to student safety. The plans are developed in line with up-to-date national best practices, are school-specific, and are made in collaboration with local fire and police departments. Students, teachers, staff, and administration practice emergency procedures multiple times throughout each school year. For more information, visit the HEB ISD Safety & Security webpage.
Note: In rare and extreme conditions, such as tornado activity near the school, the principal may temporarily deem it unsafe to remove students from shelter. When this happens, students will be allowed to leave with parents once the danger has passed.
Emergency Drills during COVID-19
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HEB ISD Safety Drill Expectations (English)
Dear Parent(s):
In HEB ISD, the safety of our students and staff is our number one priority. With our ongoing pandemic situation, our normal procedure of practicing emergency situations has changed. In order to stay on top of safety needs and best practices, HEB ISD has instituted a different means of preparing our students and staff in the event of an emergency.
This year, campuses will still conduct the normal drills and scenarios as years past. However, in order to maintain as much social distance as possible and mitigate the spread of COVID-19, these drills will look a little different. In HEB ISD, we follow the Standard Response Protocol, or SRP. The SRP includes drills called Secure, Lockdown, Shelter, Evacuate and Hold In Classroom. For each of these protocols, campus teachers will show the students a video that explains the drill and purpose before the students go through it.
For the Shelter and Evacuate scenarios, the campus will schedule grade levels and specific classes to walk through the scenario one class at a time so all students understand the expectation. This will teach the students where to exit the building in the event of an Evacuation, or where they will need to take cover for Shelter.
For Lockdown, Secure and Hold in Classroom, your student’s teacher will show the video to the students and walk through what to do in the event of a situation, however the students will not move to their locations for these drills right now. If the pandemic situation improves to allow us to conduct these drills as we normally would, we will reevaluate at that time.
If you have any questions regarding our plan for safety and training during our current situation, please contact me or email safety@hebisd.edu.
We appreciate your help and understanding in keeping our campus as safe as possible.
Sincerely,
Dr. Anmarie Garcia
Principal
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Expectativas Sobre Los Simulacros De HEB ISD (Español)
Queridos Padres,
En HEB ISD, La seguridad de nuestros estudiantes y personal es nuestras prioridad número uno. Con nuestra situación de pandemia en curso, Nuestro procedimiento normal de practicar situaciones de emergencia ha cambiado. Para estar en tanto de las necesidades de seguridad y mejores practicas, HEB ISD ha instituido un medio diferente de preparar a nuestros estudiantes y personal en caso de una situacíon de emergencia.
Este año, los campus seguirán realizando simulacros y escenarios normales como en años anteriores. Sin embargo, para mantener la mayor distancia social posible y mitigar la propagación del COVID-19, estos simulacros se verán un poco diferentes. En HEB ISD, nosotros seguimos el Protocolo de respuesta estándar o SRP. El SRP incluye simulacros llamados, Asegurar, Encerrar, Refugiar, Evacuar, y Retener en el aula. Para cada uno de estos protocolos, el los maestros del campus mostrarán a los estudiantes un video que explica el ejercicio y el propósito antes de que los estudiantes lo revisen.
Para los escenarios de Refugio y Evacuación, el campus programará niveles de grado y clases específicas para recorrer el escenario una clase a la vez para que todo los estudiantes comprendan las expectativas. Este le enseñará a los estudiantes dónde salir del edificio en caso de una evacuación, o dónde deberán ponerse a cubierto para refugiarse.
Para Encerrar, Asegurar y Evacuar en la aula de clase, el maestro/a de su estudiante le mostrará un video de qué hacer en caso de una situación; sin embargo, los estudiantes no se moverán a sus ubicaciones para estos simulacros en este momento. Si la situacíon de la pandemia mejora para permitirnos realizar estos simulacros como lo haríamos normalmente, reevaluaremos en ese momento.
Si tiene alguna pregunta sobre nuestro plan de seguridad y capacitación durante nuestra situación actual, comuníquese conmigo o envie un correo electrónico a safety@hebisd.edu
Agradecemos su ayuda y comprensión para mantener nuestro campus lo más seguro posible
Sinceramente,
Dra. Anmarie Garcia
Directora
