Walking to school |
your child should continue to school |
Walking home |
your child should continue home |
In the neighborhood |
your child should return home or go to school, whichever is nearest |
Waiting for a bus |
your child should return home |
En route to school on local bus/train |
Your child will remain with their drivers. If it is too hazardous to move the bus/train, children will remain on the bus/train until help arrives |
En route to school on school bus |
Your child will remain with their drivers. The bus driver will continue to/from school when it is safe to drive |
Out for a field trip |
Your child will remain with their teachers at the site. The teachers will make sure it is safe to travel back to school Please follow the Field trip Emergency Procedure. |
Please do not call the school office. Phone lines, if working, will be used for emergency communication. We will contact all parents via e-mails, posts on our website, and announcements on social media within a matter of moments in case of emergencies. Please ensure that all contact information remains current with the Student Affairs office staff at [email protected].
We are committed to communicating with families as quickly and accurately as possible during emergencies, especially if the incident will affect drop off, pick up, or dismissal times. Depending on the situation, we will communicate information with parents using:
During any incident, our school staff will be focused on ensuring the safety of students and employees. Multiple calls from families can take staff away from responding to the crisis at hand. While we know it’s hard not to know what’s happening, please wait to receive information from your principal and avoid spreading rumors or speculation, especially on social media. * No child will be dismissed from school unless a parent or approved designee comes for him or her. All parents or approved designees who come for their children must show picture identification before signing out the student.
Read “Safety Tips for Foreigners” by the Japan Tourism Organization and download their “Safety Tips” app. |
Stay Safe with NHK WORLD-JAPAN https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/special/staysafe/
Download the NHK World app which provides Japanese government emergency alerts, including “J-Alerts” in English to your cell phone. |
Sign up for City of Yokohama Disaster Prevention Information Mailing List (English) |
Japan Meteorological Agency https://www.jma.go.jp/jma/indexe.html |