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News and information from the DeForest Area School District.
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- New safety protocol information to be shared with students
- October is Keeping Kids Safe Online Month
- Community Job Fair to be held at DAHS October 19
- Parent Resource Survey is still open
- Reminders:
- October 26 & 27: No school for students
- November 9: Parent-teacher conferences
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New safety protocol information to be shared with students
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In early September, DASD communicated with families information about our school district and local first responders (police, fire, EMS) moving to an "Options-Based Approach" for our active threat response protocols. This protocol is sometimes referred to as, "Run, Hide, Fight." As a part of our transition to a new safety response, our local law enforcement led a day of training for all of our educational and office staff in this approach. The training has empowered staff with the ability to use their best judgment in taking action to ensure student and staff safety. In addition, we held a parent/guardian informational meeting on September 18 to provide a forum to increase understanding about the school district's change in response to active threats and to answer parent/guardian questions.
The next phase of our transition involves informing students. We will be sharing age-level appropriate presentations with students during the week of
October 16
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This letter was also emailed to all DASD families on Friday, October 13.
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| October is Keeping Kids Safe Online Month |
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by Kim Bannigan
DASD Learning Information Systems Department Coordinator
Our Department of Public Instruction has compiled plenty of resources for parents, families, and students. One of most difficult areas to navigate for digital safety is social media, but we've got some tips and help for you!
In addition to raking leaves this fall, why not schedule a privacy or digital footprint clean-up day? There are plenty of resources to help you and your family members, no matter their ages. (And don't forget about your parents!)
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Check your privacy settings on social media.
Are you sharing what you'd really like to share? Sometimes the settings screens can be like staring at a black hole, so here's some help. The
Center for Identity at University of Texas at Austin
has setting recommendations for the major social media sites.
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Consider what happens on the Internet in one minute . . . 16 million text messages, 1.8 million Snaps (Snapchat), 46,200 Instagram posts, $751,522 spent online, 156 million email messages sent, 70,017 hours of Netflix viewed, and 4.1 million YouTube videos viewed. (Source: Business Insider) All of us can use some assistance in navigating or wading through all of that.
More about Keeping Kids Safe Online Month.
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| Community Job Fair to be held at DAHS on October 19 |
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| Parent Resource Survey still open |
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You may be the perfect person to help a student or group of students explore a career option and better prepare for college and career success. If you are willing to volunteer your time to be a resource to students in the DeForest Area School District, please take a couple of minutes to complete a survey (link below). This survey is done each year, so please complete it even if you did so last year or you didn't receive a phone call.
If you have questions, please contact: Debbie Brewster, [email protected], or Kerry Johnson, [email protected].
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DeForest Area School District
Debbie Brewster, School/Community Relations Coordinator
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DeForest Area School District
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