EMERGENCY, HEALTH AND SAFETY PROCEDURES

Important Emergency Information
The faculty and staff of Holy Family Academy have the highest concern for our students’ safety. Because of this, we practice severe weather, fire, evacuation, and lock-down drills frequently throughout the school year. Although this planning and preparation are very important, they are not complete without your knowledge of, and compliance with, the established procedures. In the unlikely event that there is an emergency while your child is at school; please observe the following guidelines so that our staff can concentrate on the most important detail at hand – student safety.

  • Keep us informed and up-to-date with your current and accurate emergency contact information. This is imperative! If there is an emergency while your child is at school, we can only inform you of their safety if we can reach you. Do not leave us stranded with inaccurate information.
  • Should there be an emergency that requires your child to remain secluded within the school for an extended period of time, do not come to the school to pick them up. If we are placed in the position of shielding our students, we will completely lock down the building.
  • If our community is placed on Red Alert while students are at school, avoid calling the school. If our phone lines become jammed we will be unable to proceed with parent information procedures developed for the safety of ALL children.
  • Red Alert procedures during the school day:
    • All students and faculty will proceed to one of our rehearsed shelter locations either in the school, church, or Groves Academy (3200 Highway 100 South, St. Louis Park, 952-920-6377), as deemed appropriate by the situation.
    • Our ALERT NOW emergency broadcasting system will immediately be initiated to give parents instructions and information about picking their children up. Once initiated, we will do our best to re-initiate it every hour until no longer necessary so that parents can remain continually informed as to the safety and whereabouts of their children. DO NOT DRIVE TO THE SCHOOL UNLESS YOU HAVE BEEN INSTRUCTED TO; students will be in their safe location and the school will be locked.