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NEW!!! Net Cetera: Chatting with Kids About Being Online- Net Cetera tells parents and teachers what they need to know to talk to kids about issues like cyberbullying, sexting, mobile phone safety, and protecting the family computer. Talking to kids about these topics can help them avoid behaving rudely online; steer clear of inappropriate content like pornography, violence, or hate speech; and protect themselves from contact with bullies, predators, hackers, and scammers.

A MUST SEE documentary concerning teens and online behavior.

Northampton Area School District is happy to provide resources that may be helpful to parents and guardians. The following list is just a fraction of the high quality materials available. If you have suggestions for this area please notify the Community Relations Coordinator by email or by calling the District Administrative offices at 610-262-7811.FBI Parent's Guide to Internet Safety- This guide was prepared from actual investigations involving child victims, as well as investigations where law enforcement officers posed as children. Further information on protecting your child on-line may be found in the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children's Child Safety on the Information Highway and Teen Safety on the Information Highway pamphlets.

i-SAFE America- Founded in 1998, i-SAFE America Inc. is the leader in Internet safety education. Parents can learn how to educate and empower their children so that they remain safe while surfing and posting to the Internet. This program works with educators, parents, law enforcement personnel, and community leaders to try and keep children safe while they explore the vast resources available to them on the Internet. This is a great site for everyone who uses the Internet.

Sapphire Community Portal - Access the online grading and attendance system for our secondary students. Please contact the guidance office for login information. For security purposes no usernames and passwords will be distributed via email. Please plan to stop by the school office.

NEW! PSSA Website for Parents- The PAgrow network website aims to help parents help their students understand and prepare for PSSA assessments.

Public School Information Service- A service provided by the National Education Data Partnership that gives school officials and community members free and objective information about public schools and school districts. SchoolMatters.com includes data with respect to information such as:  student performance and achievement measures; spending, revenue, and tax information; school environment information; and community demographics.

Algebra Help can be found here!- Written by a veteran teacher, this site contains lessons, very nice explanations of how-to's for factoring or inequalities, etc (many topics), as well as her hand-picked links to the web. Click the "How do you really do this stuff" link for the online lessons to help your son/daughter.

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• Forty-Four Proven Ideas Parents Can Use to Help Their Children Do Better in School

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