SHOREWOOD - What happens if a tornado touches down when your child is at school?

TODAY’S TMJ4 Forecaster Scott Steele shows us how administrators and teachers prepare for the worst.

It's a beautiful day outside Lake Bluff Elementary School in Shorewood, but inside, students and staff are preparing for the worst.

It's time for the spring tornado drill, and these students know what to do.

"We line up, and then we usually follow a teacher silently down to where we're supposed to go,” Garrett, a student at Lake Bluff Elementary, said.

Students go to their designated area: either the basement or an interior hallway. Then they assume the "protection position,” and cover their heads.

“You're supposed to lean forward with your hands over your head,” Principal Kirk Juffer said.

Principal Kirk Juffer holds two tornado drills a year, plus a monthly fire drill, and a yearly evacuation drill.

“So our kids have a good understanding of the drills. We have good discipline during our drills, and I think that would really help us in an emergency,” Principal Juffer said.

"It's been really helpful, because I know now what to listen for if there's gonna be a tornado, and where I should go when and if there is one,” Kallia, a student at Lake Bluff Elementary, said.

Principal Juffer hasn't had to do a "real" drill in his 18 years at the school, but he knows there's a first time for everything.

“I would guess, if someone asked me to predict, that it won't be another 18 years where we won't have an instance of some severe weather,” Principal Juffer said.

Be sure to watch “Safe From The Storm,” coming up Friday, April 18 at 7:00 p.m. on TODAY’S TMJ4. It's packed with information you need to know, as we move into the severe weather season.