Snow Safety Notes

What an icky day...the rain, snow and ice sure made a mess of the playground.  Tomorrow looks like it will be another rainy day! I appreciate everyone's flexibility as we adapted for inside recesses.  

Here are a few safety topics

Inside Recesses

- If we have inside recess tomorrow morning, the middle school will get the gym, the intermediate will go to their hall and the primary will go to the cafeteria.

- Morning and Afternoon Recesses will be in the hall or gym.  I greatly appreciate Mr. Franks helping make the recesses work.  Thank you!

- No hardballs or plastic/leather footballs in the Gym.  Please keep it to nerf footballs!  

Coats 

Please remind all students to wear coats outside.  Only students in boots and snow paints will be permitted to go to the field.  I am working to get more play areas cleared of snow. We do not want our students' feet or pants to be soaked. 

Snowballs

The warnings have been given and the expectation is clear: Snow should be left on the ground.  No snowballs or whitewashing. 

Slippery Surfaces

The covered area is very slick when wet or snowy.  All students need to walk onto the surface. Sherri has placed caution ribbon around the building to limit students from running onto the concrete.  Please be sure to monitor students as they play under the covered area. 

The sidewalks and parking lot can get covered with black ice.  Please be exceptionally careful walking into the school and taking  your class outside.  We need to be sure to walk, not run on the sidewalks. 

Wet floors in the hall can create dangerous conditions.  Please report any excessively wet surfaces so we can address them right away.  We want to be sure that everyone is safe in the school.