Photo Gallery: Great Shakeout at Pasadena Christian School

7th and 8th grade English teacher Elizabeth Curtis is loweed onto the red tarp by Pasadene firemen and volunteers during an emergency drill after an earthquake for the Great Shakeout at Pasadena Christian School on Thursday, October 18, 2012. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)

Pasadena Sun

Oct. 18, 2012 6:49 PM PT

Students at Pasadena Christian School got a lesson in earthquake safety, diving under desks and evacuating classrooms during a drill staged as part of the Great California Shakeout, a statewide disaster preparedness initiative.

Photo Gallery: Great Shakeout at Pasadena Christian School

Damali Thatch of Pasadena, kisses her daughter Marley, 5, on the cheek after she was discovered safe during an emergency drill after an earthquake for the Great Shakeout at Pasadena Christian School on Thursday, October 18, 2012. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)

Students and faculty with the worst injuries end up on the red tarp in the triage area during an emergency drill after an earthquake for the Great Shakeout at Pasadena Christian School on Thursday, October 18, 2012. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)

Adrian Pirozko, who is part of the sweep team, checks 5th grade teacher Christina Watson’s injuries during an emergency drill after an earthquake for the Great Shakeout at Pasadena Christian School on Thursday, October 18, 2012. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)

Students bring an injured friend to the triage area during an emergency drill after an earthquake for the Great Shakeout at Pasadena Christian School on Thursday, October 18, 2012. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)

Kindergarteners in Mrs. Parker’s class perform the “Hold, Duck and Cover” drill during an emergency drill after an earthquake for the Great Shakeout at Pasadena Christian School on Thursday, October 18, 2012. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)

Antoinette Andrews, the school’s development director, is consoled by volunteer Kathy Prosser during an emergency drill after an earthquake for the Great Shakeout at Pasadena Christian School on Thursday, October 18, 2012. The two are trapped on the second floor of a building with injuries. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)

Teacher Heidi Hart tends to a glass cut on the arm of Jonah Daniels, 13, of Monrovia, during an emergency drill after an earthquake for the Great Shakeout at Pasadena Christian School on Thursday, October 18, 2012. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)

Diane Evans, the triage coordinator, plucks glass out of the eye of a student during an emergency drill after an earthquake for the Great Shakeout at Pasadena Christian School on Thursday, October 18, 2012. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)

7th and 8th grade Englist teacher Elizabeth Curtis is unconscious with a broken leg and is being carried on an emergency stretcher to the triage area by Pasadena firemen and volunteers during an emergency drill after an earthquake for the Great Shakeout at Pasadena Christian School on Thursday, October 18, 2012. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)

Robert Maleka, of Pasadena, high fives his son Owen, 6, after discovering he was safe, during an emergency drill after an earthquake for the Great Shakeout at Pasadena Christian School on Thursday, October 18, 2012. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)

Adrian Pirozko, who is part of the sweep team, checks 5th grade teacher Christina Watson’s injuries with Cindi Ott behind them, who is knocked out, during an emergency drill after an earthquake for the Great Shakeout at Pasadena Christian School on Thursday, October 18, 2012. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)

Triage coordinator, who is normally the school’s AD, Diane Evans, puts a green sticker on Kaitlyn Kazazian, who is dazed and confused during an emergency drill after an earthquake for the Great Shakeout at Pasadena Christian School on Thursday, October 18, 2012. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)