Synthetic Drugs
PTA Members:
Please see the very important message attached from the Attorney General's Office discussing very dangerous synthetic drugs that are presently being sold over the counter.

From Attorney General Lisa Madigan              Synthetic Drugs: What you need to know!

Please get this message out to your membership to help prevent further tragedies!

Bruce Bohren, Illinois PTA President

Internet Safety and Cyber Bullying

Hello All, I wanted to share this important information that is available for regarding internet safety and cyber bullying.
      Internet Safety Training Modules As a result of the Attorney General’s Cyber Safety Summit, Madigan created Internet Safety Training Modules to provide schools with the tools they need to fulfill requirements under the Illinois School Code for annual, age appropriate Internet safety instruction to students in grades 3-12. (105 ILCS 5/27-13.3) Each of these age appropriate training modules covers topics facing youth today, including online exploitation, sexting, cyberbullying, and piracy. The modules are divided into three grade level groupings: grades 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12. 

           

The accompanying webinar walks educators through each of the above modules to describe the information covered and explain how educators can use the modules to educate their students about safe cyber behavior. http://illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/children/internet.html

Cyberbullying Web Site
As children have gained access to social networking sites and cell phones, today’s school bullies have expanded their ability to spread hurtful and humiliating messages to a large amount of people in record time. In response to this disturbing trend, the Attorney General created www.ebully411.com to provide parents, teachers, and students with the latest news and information about cyberbullying. It also features the E-Info Hotline, which is a phone- and Web-based resource staffed by the Attorney General’s Internet safety specialists to help victims and educate bullies as to the consequences of their actions.
http://illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/children/internet.html

                                            

I hope this helps us all.
Matthew John Rodriguez Illinois PTA Juvenile Protection and Safety Chairman

 

A Message from the Juvenile Protection and Safety Chairman

Hello, my name is Matthew John Rodriguez and as the Juvenile Protection and Safety Chairman I am commited to trying to keep all of our units and councils informed regarding recent issues and dangers our children are facing. It is essential for each unit to pass on this information on to each of the parents so we can save as many kids from harm's way as best as we can. By staying informed we can recognize the signs of things such as bullying, sexting, minor trafficking, cyber bullying, suicide tendancies, among others before they become issues we have to deal with in our lives.
     Two goals that I have for this committee are to first, to define what each danger and issue means and second, to give us tools to recognize the signs of these dangers and issues.

Thank you,
Matthew John Rodriguez      tazcubano@aol.com