Family Handbook 2023-24

EMERGENCY PROCEDURES

When information warrants the College will close and Day students will be sent home during the school day: Students will be informed. ● Parents will receive an email message. ● Communications & Marketing will post a closure message on www.havergal.on.ca and inform the media/radio stations. ● Students will be instructed to go to their Homeroom, Form, Cohort or TA (depending on grade) location where they (or their teacher) will connect with a parent to make arrangements for the student to be collected or dismissed from school. ● Students must sign out before leaving school premises. Older students may be permitted to walk home if deemed appropriate by the parent. ● The safety and comfort of students is assured until such time as individual parents are reached and students are either picked up or dismissed with parental consent. ● The recorded school telephone greeting will be changed to inform callers of closure. When information warrants the College will close for an extended period of time: ● Parents and students will receive an email message notifying them of the closure. ● Communications & Marketing will post a closure message on www.havergal.on.ca and inform the media/radio stations. ● The recorded school telephone greeting will be changed to inform callers of closure. ● The College will continue to offer curricular and co-curricular opportunities through synchronous and asynchronous experiences to students. These experiences keep students connected to their teachers, the broader Havergal College community and each other.

Shelter in Place

Shelter in Place is a response to an environmental risk outside of the building such as a severe weather warning (e.g., tornado) or the presence of a chemical, biological or radiological contaminant that has been accidentally or intentionally released into the environment. Students, faculty, staff and visitors are considered to be safe inside the school buildings and school activities may continue as usual inside the building only. The signal to go into shelter in place is an announcement from Security indicating the action required.

115