Online Safety Recommendations for Parents
Additional Information
Technology can be a very powerful and helpful learning tool for our students. When students are using technology, please make sure to monitor their activities closely. Remind students not to accept invitations to communicate with anyone they do not know and do not give out personal information when online.
Tips for Keeping Kids Safe Online
- Have a conversation with your children about being safe online
- Keep your computer in a common area of the house
- Set rules and warn about dangers
- Be sure to verify the identity of anyone your child is communicating with online
- Monitor computer activity
- Keep lines of communication open with your children
- Consider partitioning your computer into separate accounts
- Consider implementing parent controls
Learn more about keeping kids safe online at the Department of Homeland Security website here.
Important Parent Notifications for Web-based Services and Applications
In order for the Charter to continue to provide your students with the most effective tools to enhance their learning, school administrators and teachers may use educational web-based services and applications. Many of the Terms of Service and/or Privacy Policies of these applications state that, due to Federal Law, any users under the age of 13 must obtain parental permission to use their sites and often require an email address or other personally-identifying information. Our web-based learning will be operated not by the Charter, but by third parties, such as ZOOM. In addition, some of the applications used are ClassDojo, YouTube, Google Meet, etc.
