Special ed teacher still has no functioning door lock. Someone refers to this as “live-action professional development.” Cafeteria manager hides in the walk-in freezer. Someone tests their smartwatch’s heart rate monitor— regrets it. Administrator says, “This is for your safety,” while sipping an iced latte. Admin yells “GO GO GO” and knocks over a trash can. Admin tries to take photos “for the newsletter.” Door to gym won’t open. It never did. Still doesn’t. Fire marshal walks in by accident. Leaves quickly. Entire English department writes “Dear Diary” entries in unison. Office forgets to tell a substitute janitor. Panic ensues. District supervisor shows up mid- drill and says, “Excellent work.” Drill ends. Nobody claps. Everyone quietly leaves like ghosts. Principal says “great energy today” like this isn’t a tragedy rehearsal. Teacher eats a protein bar behind a flipped table. Instructional coach treats this like a team-building activity. School secretary plays Candy Crush in a “secure location.” Tech guy live- tweets it with #FacultyFridays. Staff member yells “BINGO!” unironically and gets tackled. Someone laughs and immediately regrets it. Admin brings donuts to “make it fun.” Art teacher tries to paint the experience in real-time. No one knows if this is the drill or if it started 20 minutes ago. Math teacher pulls out graph paper for "escape route optimization." Microwave dings in the break room mid-briefing. Tension broken. Admin won’t stop calling it a “learning opportunity.” Officer keeps sunglasses on indoors. Won’t explain. School psychologist starts a group breathing exercise in the corner. Security camera glitches and shows two of the same person. Staff member uses the distraction to sneak out for a smoke. Vice principal uses a megaphone “just to be helpful.” Cop says “clear” too enthusiastically and startles everyone. Real emergency happens. Drill proceeds anyway. School librarian hides under a circulation desk with snacks. Someone brings fake blood from Halloween leftovers. It's not funny. Fire alarm goes off mid-drill. Everyone pretends it’s part of the script. Cop forgets everyone's names and calls them all “buddy.” Language arts teacher starts writing a poem in the supply closet. One teacher is still grading essays under a table. Someone references The Office during the drill. Immediate groans. Guidance counselor starts processing trauma mid- drill. Teacher jokes, “At least it’s not a staff meeting,” and gets death glares. School resource officer arrives dressed like he’s in SWAT. Social studies teacher references Cold War paranoia too accurately. Someone genuinely tries to barricade with a rolling whiteboard. Someone asks if this counts for continuing ed hours. Cop casually drops the term “kill house.” No one breathes. Custodian locks themselves in the boiler room, refuses to emerge. Coach climbs out a window “just in case” and gets stuck. School nurse sets up an “injury triage” corner. It’s just Band-Aids. Cop uses too many acronyms. No one knows what “FDLE- PJRT” means. PE teacher tries to “tackle” the officer as a joke. Regrets it. Theater tech uses the moment to test out a fog machine. Someone finds a decades-old “crisis binder.” It’s useless. Teacher whispers, “This is so dumb,” under their breath while crying internally. Cop’s body cam falls off. They blame a ghost. Bluetooth speaker somewhere plays "Eye of the Tiger" by mistake. “This went better than last year” is said. That’s the bar. Drama teacher volunteers to “play the shooter” and goes full method. STEM teacher tests sound reflection angles using a protractor. Teacher tries to livestream the drill to their spouse. Signal dies. Someone arrives late and walks into a fake crime scene. PA system cuts out in the middle of an alert. Assistant principal gets locked in their own office. Cop explains tactics like it’s a TED Talk. Cop brings real gun to school for “authenticity.” Counselor is actively crying. No one asks. Someone finds an old worksheet from 2004 labeled “Shooter Drill Prep.” Wi-Fi dies. This somehow makes everything worse. Teacher takes roll of their department out of habit. District IT rep gets lost and ends up hiding in AV closet. History teacher compares the drill to the fall of the Roman Empire. Teacher’s Zoom meeting with their side hustle continues in background. Cop tries to flirt with the school nurse. Again. Someone uses a dry erase board as a riot shield. Special ed teacher still has no functioning door lock. Someone refers to this as “live-action professional development.” Cafeteria manager hides in the walk-in freezer. Someone tests their smartwatch’s heart rate monitor— regrets it. Administrator says, “This is for your safety,” while sipping an iced latte. Admin yells “GO GO GO” and knocks over a trash can. Admin tries to take photos “for the newsletter.” Door to gym won’t open. It never did. Still doesn’t. Fire marshal walks in by accident. Leaves quickly. Entire English department writes “Dear Diary” entries in unison. Office forgets to tell a substitute janitor. Panic ensues. District supervisor shows up mid- drill and says, “Excellent work.” Drill ends. Nobody claps. Everyone quietly leaves like ghosts. Principal says “great energy today” like this isn’t a tragedy rehearsal. Teacher eats a protein bar behind a flipped table. Instructional coach treats this like a team-building activity. School secretary plays Candy Crush in a “secure location.” Tech guy live- tweets it with #FacultyFridays. Staff member yells “BINGO!” unironically and gets tackled. Someone laughs and immediately regrets it. Admin brings donuts to “make it fun.” Art teacher tries to paint the experience in real-time. No one knows if this is the drill or if it started 20 minutes ago. Math teacher pulls out graph paper for "escape route optimization." Microwave dings in the break room mid-briefing. Tension broken. Admin won’t stop calling it a “learning opportunity.” Officer keeps sunglasses on indoors. Won’t explain. School psychologist starts a group breathing exercise in the corner. Security camera glitches and shows two of the same person. Staff member uses the distraction to sneak out for a smoke. Vice principal uses a megaphone “just to be helpful.” Cop says “clear” too enthusiastically and startles everyone. Real emergency happens. Drill proceeds anyway. School librarian hides under a circulation desk with snacks. Someone brings fake blood from Halloween leftovers. It's not funny. Fire alarm goes off mid-drill. Everyone pretends it’s part of the script. Cop forgets everyone's names and calls them all “buddy.” Language arts teacher starts writing a poem in the supply closet. One teacher is still grading essays under a table. Someone references The Office during the drill. Immediate groans. Guidance counselor starts processing trauma mid- drill. Teacher jokes, “At least it’s not a staff meeting,” and gets death glares. School resource officer arrives dressed like he’s in SWAT. Social studies teacher references Cold War paranoia too accurately. Someone genuinely tries to barricade with a rolling whiteboard. Someone asks if this counts for continuing ed hours. Cop casually drops the term “kill house.” No one breathes. Custodian locks themselves in the boiler room, refuses to emerge. Coach climbs out a window “just in case” and gets stuck. School nurse sets up an “injury triage” corner. It’s just Band-Aids. Cop uses too many acronyms. No one knows what “FDLE- PJRT” means. PE teacher tries to “tackle” the officer as a joke. Regrets it. Theater tech uses the moment to test out a fog machine. Someone finds a decades-old “crisis binder.” It’s useless. Teacher whispers, “This is so dumb,” under their breath while crying internally. Cop’s body cam falls off. They blame a ghost. Bluetooth speaker somewhere plays "Eye of the Tiger" by mistake. “This went better than last year” is said. That’s the bar. Drama teacher volunteers to “play the shooter” and goes full method. STEM teacher tests sound reflection angles using a protractor. Teacher tries to livestream the drill to their spouse. Signal dies. Someone arrives late and walks into a fake crime scene. PA system cuts out in the middle of an alert. Assistant principal gets locked in their own office. Cop explains tactics like it’s a TED Talk. Cop brings real gun to school for “authenticity.” Counselor is actively crying. No one asks. Someone finds an old worksheet from 2004 labeled “Shooter Drill Prep.” Wi-Fi dies. This somehow makes everything worse. Teacher takes roll of their department out of habit. District IT rep gets lost and ends up hiding in AV closet. History teacher compares the drill to the fall of the Roman Empire. Teacher’s Zoom meeting with their side hustle continues in background. Cop tries to flirt with the school nurse. Again. Someone uses a dry erase board as a riot shield.
(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.
Special ed teacher still has no functioning door lock.
Someone refers to this as “live-action professional development.”
Cafeteria manager hides in the walk-in freezer.
Someone tests their smartwatch’s heart rate monitor—regrets it.
Administrator says, “This is for your safety,” while sipping an iced latte.
Admin yells “GO GO GO” and knocks over a trash can.
Admin tries to take photos “for the newsletter.”
Door to gym won’t open. It never did. Still doesn’t.
Fire marshal walks in by accident. Leaves quickly.
Entire English department writes “Dear Diary” entries in unison.
Office forgets to tell a substitute janitor. Panic ensues.
District supervisor shows up mid-drill and says, “Excellent work.”
Drill ends. Nobody claps. Everyone quietly leaves like ghosts.
Principal says “great energy today” like this isn’t a tragedy rehearsal.
Teacher eats a protein bar behind a flipped table.
Instructional coach treats this like a team-building activity.
School secretary plays Candy Crush in a “secure location.”
Tech guy live-tweets it with #FacultyFridays.
Staff member yells “BINGO!” unironically and gets tackled.
Someone laughs and immediately regrets it.
Admin brings donuts to “make it fun.”
Art teacher tries to paint the experience in real-time.
No one knows if this is the drill or if it started 20 minutes ago.
Math teacher pulls out graph paper for "escape route optimization."
Microwave dings in the break room mid-briefing. Tension broken.
Admin won’t stop calling it a “learning opportunity.”
Officer keeps sunglasses on indoors. Won’t explain.
School psychologist starts a group breathing exercise in the corner.
Security camera glitches and shows two of the same person.
Staff member uses the distraction to sneak out for a smoke.
Vice principal uses a megaphone “just to be helpful.”
Cop says “clear” too enthusiastically and startles everyone.
Real emergency happens. Drill proceeds anyway.
School librarian hides under a circulation desk with snacks.
Someone brings fake blood from Halloween leftovers. It's not funny.
Fire alarm goes off mid-drill. Everyone pretends it’s part of the script.
Cop forgets everyone's names and calls them all “buddy.”
Language arts teacher starts writing a poem in the supply closet.
One teacher is still grading essays under a table.
Someone references The Office during the drill. Immediate groans.
Guidance counselor starts processing trauma mid-drill.
Teacher jokes, “At least it’s not a staff meeting,” and gets death glares.
School resource officer arrives dressed like he’s in SWAT.
Social studies teacher references Cold War paranoia too accurately.
Someone genuinely tries to barricade with a rolling whiteboard.
Someone asks if this counts for continuing ed hours.
Cop casually drops the term “kill house.” No one breathes.
Custodian locks themselves in the boiler room, refuses to emerge.
Coach climbs out a window “just in case” and gets stuck.
School nurse sets up an “injury triage” corner. It’s just Band-Aids.
Cop uses too many acronyms. No one knows what “FDLE-PJRT” means.
PE teacher tries to “tackle” the officer as a joke. Regrets it.
Theater tech uses the moment to test out a fog machine.
Someone finds a decades-old “crisis binder.” It’s useless.
Teacher whispers, “This is so dumb,” under their breath while crying internally.
Cop’s body cam falls off. They blame a ghost.
Bluetooth speaker somewhere plays "Eye of the Tiger" by mistake.
“This went better than last year” is said. That’s the bar.
Drama teacher volunteers to “play the shooter” and goes full method.
STEM teacher tests sound reflection angles using a protractor.
Teacher tries to livestream the drill to their spouse. Signal dies.
Someone arrives late and walks into a fake crime scene.
PA system cuts out in the middle of an alert.
Assistant principal gets locked in their own office.
Cop explains tactics like it’s a TED Talk.
Cop brings real gun to school for “authenticity.”
Counselor is actively crying. No one asks.
Someone finds an old worksheet from 2004 labeled “Shooter Drill Prep.”
Wi-Fi dies. This somehow makes everything worse.
Teacher takes roll of their department out of habit.
District IT rep gets lost and ends up hiding in AV closet.
History teacher compares the drill to the fall of the Roman Empire.
Teacher’s Zoom meeting with their side hustle continues in background.
Cop tries to flirt with the school nurse. Again.
Someone uses a dry erase board as a riot shield.