By Cyrus A. Natividad

JHS Students evacuated at the Big Field during the earthquake drill.

More than 1,400 junior high school students and faculty members of the CPU Junior High School actively participated during the earthquake drill last July 16, 2019.

JHS Principal Prof. Janet Jalbuena called it a practice drill – preparatory to a bigger earthquake drill. “The next earthquake drill will involve students from different departments,” Security Officer Jonathan C. Tumalay said.

JHS Faculty assemble in the Big Field during the earthquake drill.

The sound of the school bell signaled the start of the drill at 2:45 p.m. wherein the students performed the “duck, cover, and hold” exercise.

From the Junior High School Building, students, faculty and staff proceeded to the CPU Big Field, their designated evacuation area.

The Junior High School earthquake drill ended up with a debriefing at around 4:00PM headed by CPU Incident Management Team chaired by Vice President for Finance and Administration, Dr. Florence P. Bogacia.