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Dear Students,
Last spring we invited the Oakland Prosecutors Office to host an educational assembly on the legal implications of social media use for all students. We want to continue to keep these issues forefront on your mind. Locally and across the state, the news is filled with the results and implications of teens posting and sharing inappropriate social media. Many of these incidents have legal ramifications that last a lifetime.
Please place these rules firmly in your mind:
If you receive or see an inappropriate, threatening or illicit message or posting with words, video or photographs:
- Immediately tell a trusted adult or law enforcement representative.
- NEVER save, repost, or continue to circulate the posting or message. Doing so makes you complicit to the act and can result in personal legal jeopardy.
- NEVER reply to such messages or postings from people you don’t know.
- If you receive an inappropriate message from someone you know, simply reply “I do not want to receive this inappropriate message. Stop.” Then tell an adult.
In addition to the moral and legal ramifications for those who view, post or share such messages, you have a further commitment to your Mercy sisters. You are obligated to protect, care for and love each of your Mercy sisters as Christ commands us. Our value of Human Dignity demands that we treat all whom we meet, whether in-person or online, with respect.
In Mercy,
Dr. Cheryl Delaney Kreger ‘66, Mercy HS President
Mrs. Patricia Sattler, Mercy HS Principal
Mrs. Eleasha Tarplin, Mercy HS Dean of Student Affairs
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