Fireman Kent's Visit

Hello everyone!

Today we had a very special visitor come to our class and talk to us about a very important topic! Fireman Kent (aka Barbara's Daddy) came and spoke to our class today about the importance of fire safety. He did an amazing job and the children LOVED every minute of his presentation. He came in his full firefighter uniform with all of the tools he uses in tow.

Fireman Kent gave each of your children a homework assignment and I would like to reinforce that assignment as well. He asked each of your children too:

1. Ask their parents to check all of the smoke alarms in the house and change the batteries if needed.

2. With your family, create a fire-escape plan for your house and then practice your own fire drill. The more prepared we are, the better we will be at handling something as unexpected as a house fire.

3. Included in your fire-escape plan, decide on a special meeting place that everyone in your family knows about. This would be a place where everyone would go in case of an emergency like a fire (i.e. neighbor's house, mailbox, etc). Make sure to remind students of this meeting place on a regular basis.

Please take time to do these three items over the next week or so and go over all of the fire safety tips your children have learned at school! They have been very attentive and I'm sure they could teach us all a thing or two!

Thank you for your support!

FYI - The white paper bags that came home in folders yesterday are to collect food for the 2nd Harvest Food Bank this holiday season. We will be talking more about this in class in the future, but feel free to start the discussion at home with your family. You can bring in the bags at anytime and we will get them to the right spot!