Bloomfield Hills Schools students and staff spent the week of Oct. 19–23 practicing emergency drills, reviewing safety vocabulary and meeting the district’s school resource officers at their schools.
The district outlined the full slate of activities in a Safety Week recap. Here is what the week included:
Students and staff practiced age-appropriate preparedness strategies in classrooms and reviewed the terminology the district uses in emergency situations. Schools conducted safety drills using the PA system, following state requirements for drills, according to the district.
Students reviewed grade-appropriate reporting tools. The district’s safety page lists a bias and hate incident reporting form and OK2SAY, a statewide tip line for reporting potential harm directed at students or schools, among its available tools.
Students and staff also participated in a social-emotional learning activity. The district shared resources with families to support safety conversations at home.
Outside the classroom, the district tested its communication system during the week and helped families and staff members who were not receiving messages. Daily safety tips went out on the district’s Facebook, Instagram and X accounts, and the district’s Weekly Update featured safety-focused articles.
According to the district’s safety page, the safety team includes two school resource officers from the Bloomfield Township Police Department and administrator of public safety Patrick Sidge. Officer Lower has been a member of the Bloomfield Township Police Department since 2002. Officer Riney has more than 17 years of law enforcement experience.
The same page lists secured exterior doors during school hours, camera systems in every building and hall monitors at Bloomfield Hills High School among the district’s standing security measures.
