Haakon School District Elementary Guidance Page

• Classroom Guidance: Mrs. DeJong sees grades K-6 at Philip Elementary twice monthly for classroom guidance. 
• Grades K participates in a variety of activities covering the following topics:  self-esteem, hygiene, safety, friendships, bullying, healthy choices, cooperation, feelings and more.
• Grades 1-6 complete the Leader In Me curriculum.

 Websites for Kids

• Kids Work! - Explore interesting jobs in a virtual community of workplaces. http://www.knowitall.org/kidswork/
• Exploring Career Information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics http://www.bls.gov/k12/
• Explore engineering careers:  www.tryengineering.org
• NetSmartz Workshop - Activities to teach children how to stay safer on the Internet:  http://www.netsmartz.org
  

Resources for Parents

• Net Cetera: Chatting with Kids About Being Online https://www.onguardonline.gov/articles/pdf-0001-netcetera.pdf
• Connect Safely: Parents' guides to Instagram, Snapchat, Smartphones, TikTok and much more! http://www.connectsafely.org/allguides 
• Family Contract for Smartphone use: http://www.connectsafely.org/wp-content/uploads/family-pledge.pdf
• “16 Apps and Websites Kids Are Heading to After Facebook”: https://www.commonsensemedia.org/blog/16-apps-and-websites-kids-are-heading-to-after-facebook

 Monitoring Social Media Use

• http://www.webwatcher.com/pc-monitoring
• https://www.uknowkids.com/
• https://www.netnanny.com/
•  “Best Parental-Control Apps 2016”: http://www.tomsguide.com/us/best-parental-control-apps,review-2258.html