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Session Aimed at Helping Provide Parents Guidance With Their Child's Social Media Use
Do you need help with understanding social media and technology with your children?
Title: Parenting in a Digital World: Youth, Technology, Social Media, Drugs and Mental Health
Who: Parents and Community Members
When: Thursday April 4th, 2019 from 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Where: Tyrone Area High School Auditorium, 1001 Clay Ave. Tyrone, PA 16686
Parents and guardians are invited to join us as we team up with Ryan Klingensmith, MA, LPC, NCC, who is the founder of Shape the Sky, which is a network of concerned parents, educators, clinicians and media who have come together for a common cause: to enrich the online experience for children through better education and more effective communication. The goal of this training session is to help adults educate and provide guidance for their youth, with the goal of creating a digitally responsible culture among today’s digital youth.
This session will identify categories of social networking that parents should be aware of and talking about with their children. For example, the presentation will review information on:
- Being a digital parent
- How the world has changed for a parent
- Why kids don’t talk to parents about technology
- Understanding current youth culture
- Accessing the Dark Web
- Age restrictions
- Cyberbullying
- Fake text messages
- Finsta accounts
- “Parasite” websites
- Common mistakes
- Sharing private information
- Hidden photo vaults
- Social media and drugs
- Internet “challenges” (Momo)
- Mental health concerns such as eating disorders, self-harm and suicide
- 13 Reasons Why Netflix series
- Untraceable texting
- How to start the conversation
- Prevention steps
- Monitoring services
- Using a contract
- Taking a social media pledge
- How to set expectations
- When to monitor a device
- Access to online resources
- Creating a digitally responsible youth
The presentation will discuss current popular apps such as:- Snapchat
- Confide
- TikTok
- Afterschool
- Tumblr
- Hidden Photo Vaults
- Tor
- Jott Messenger
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Tyrone Color Blast
The 4th annual Tyrone Area School District Color Blast will be held on Saturday May 4, 2019. Registration begins at 10 am and race kicks off at 11. Please visit SignMeUp.com/TyroneColorBlast for more information and to register online. Registration packets can also be turned in to the elementary office. Prizes will be awarded based on money raised. Register by April 12 to guarantee a t-shirt.
Any businesses or persons interested in volunteering or donating to the event, please contact klklock@tyrone.k12.pa.us
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Kindergarten Registration
Kindergarten Registration for the 2019-20 school year will take place on April 10, 2019 8:30-12:00 & 1:00-2:30 at the Tyrone Elementary School.
Packets are available in the Elementary Main Office from 7:00am-4:15pm. Please return your packet on April 10th between 8:30-12:00 or 1:00-2:30 when you and your child attend Kindergarten Registration. Registration will take approximately 1 hour. Children are eligible for Kindergarten for the 2019-20 school year if they turn five before September 1, 2019.
If your child is already enrolled in the School District’s PreK4 Program you should NOT attend this registration. If your child is enrolled in the Tyrone Head Start Program, you have the option of returning your packet to your child’s Head Start teacher or coming to registration.
Please call 684-1342 ext. 2701, if you have any questions
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SAFE SCHOOL HELPLINE
If you see something, say something! The Safe School Helpline is a convenient, confidential way for anyone to report information about situations that might affect safety at our school. You can call the number any time of the day or night to report concerns about unsafe or potentially disruptive activities or situations including drug or alcohol abuse, weapons, harassment, bullying or threats. All calls are completely confidential.
- 800-418-6423 (800-4-1-VOICE ext. 359)
- TEXT: 66746, TIPS
- www.safeschoolhelpline.com
- Download the free app
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How YOU Can Help a Friend with a Mental Health Concern
- Take it seriously. Act NOW.
- Find a quiet, private place to talk to your friend.
- Tell him/her why you are concerned and what specific behaviors you’ve noticed.
- Talk in a calm, nonjudgmental, and caring way.
- Listen, don’t lecture.
- Encourage your friend to seek help.
- Prepare for all possible reactions. You may need to ask other people to assist you.
- Take care of yourself.
- Offer support, understanding, and encouragement.
- Never keep talk of suicide a secret. Tell a trusted adult (school nurse, school counselor, teacher, coach, parent, etc.).
