CYBER SAFETY AND CYBER BULLYING
Representatives from the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office came to A.E. Wright during STAR testing and presented information regarding cyber safety and cyber bullying to our 6th and 7th grade students. 8th grade students attended a period by period presentation by the Juvenile Team from the Lost Hills Sheriff's Station. The presentation involved a short video reenacting an actual case in which a student was a victim of cyber bullying. The dangers and legal ramifications of participating in cyber bullying were discussed and students were able to ask questions. Please ask your student about these presentations and have them share with you some of the things they learned.

Some of the safety precautions the presenters shared with the students were:

• Don't save login information on the computer
• Do not give login names or passwords to friends
• Parents SHOULD know ALL of the student's user IDS and passwords
• Never give out identifying information such as name, home address, school name, or telephone number
• Don't be "friends" with anyone not known in the physical world
• Don't post pictures of family or friends without permission

For additional information regarding cyber bullying and cyber safety please visit:
http://www.cyberbullyingprevention.com/

http://www.cyberbullying.us/

http://www.stopcyberbullying.org/index2.html

http://www.cyber-safety.com/parents.html

Parents, do you know what POS, CD9, MOS, PAL, PAW, PIR, or P911 mean? They are all codes used to in texting or internet messaging to let others know that parents are in the room and maybe reading the messages. Be aware! For a list of internet acronyms parents should know when monitoring internet use and text messages, please visit http://www.netlingo.com/