The district designated “Safety Day” will be Friday, Aug. 30. The school will remain on regular bell schedule.

 In first period, there will be a fire drill, followed by a lock down drill during third period, tight bell schedule between third and fourth periods, a severe weather shelter drill during sixth period and an obstructed fire drill during seventh period. The Canyon Fire Department will be present during the fire drill and the obstructed fire drill.

“As far as safety day goes, some of the things we’ve had to change,” Steven Singleton, assistant principal, said.  “We’ve got the new fence up, so our evacuation route is going to change. If we’re going into a tornado drill, we’ll have to unlock the gate to go into use the north side of the gym, or we can use the south side.”

Singleton said that because of the fence around the football field, students will evacuate through the gate and down to the grass area during evacuation and fire drills.

“Listen to the drill procedures,” Singleton said. “Our teachers are going to go over those. Know what to expect and remain calm.”