Project Impact - School Non-structural Retrofit Gallery

Nathan Hale High School

Here are photos from the Emmy award-winning video "I Don't Fit Under The Desk: Advanced Earthquake Safety".  After retrofitting their own school, these Nathan Hale High School students wrote and starred in this fun video.  View a video clip and purchase a copy of your own! 

Mercer Middle School

Here's an example of a school being made more resistant to earthquakes by School District staff and volunteers during a 1/2 Saturday School Retrofit Work Party. 

District Staff bolting bookcases in the library.

Parent volunteer bolts desk.  This makes it stronger for someone to Drop, Cover, and Hold on underneath - during an earthquake.

Completed! Secured computers and braced tables in library.

Custodial & District staff secure expensive computer-system network rack.

UW student volunteers strap down 30 PCs in Computer Lab.

UW student volunteer braces TV in classroom.

Installation of protective film for glass windows in library.  Helps glass resist shattering and falling on students during a quake.