Imagine you are talking with your friends in the hall waiting to go to your classroom and the fire alarm went off. Well, that happened at Heathcote school. Everybody in Heathcote School was in the hall waiting for the bell to ring. All of a sudden the fire alarm went off. Everyone stopped talking, waiting for someone to tell them what to do. They went out the doors and everybody followed. Everybody waited a while as the fire trucks pulled up at the school. The crazy part was it was Friday the 13th! The firemen got out of their fire trucks and went into the school. They had to shut off the fire alarm so that we can all go back in the building. All the people there heard the bell that normally means to go down to your classroom. Not on September 13th.

Everyone was nervous and said that it smelled like smoke. According to Morgen, a 5th grader,” I was confused and we all formed into groups but I didn’t think it was scary.” Mia, a 5th grader said,” I was surprised and worried when the fire trucks came.” Most other kids looked worried but some did not. Sarah Mayor said, “ At first I was scared to go in because I did not trust that it was a false alarm but I still went in because I trusted the firefighters.” Everyone looked relieved when they heard the announcement that we can go inside. Everyone looked really happy that is was not a real fire. Everybody started talking again and fewer people cared about what happened when they got into the school.