Chester-East Lincoln School hosts informational event on Cyber Safety

 

[October 04, 2023] 

On Thursday Sept. 28 Chester-East Lincoln School hosted a “Keeping Our Kids Cyber Safe” Education event taught by Detective Richard Wistocki. This event was funded by CEL, West Lincoln -Broadwell School and Lincoln Junior High School. The purpose of the presentation was to teach parents and grandparents how to assist in safeguarding children on how to protect themselves and so that parents and children understand the risks of social media and gaming.

SRO Officer Trent Park

Dective Richard Wistocki

A small group of parents were on hand as well as School Resource Officers (SROs) from various schools, including Officer Trent Park who welcomed parents and introduced Detective Wistocki.

Aside from in depth education for those present, tools were provided for more extensive review, including:

Cyberparenting-101.com - A Cyber Parenting course which includes focus and navigation on the following topics: social media, Online gaming, Cyber bullying, the risks of posting online, sextortion, monitoring software, and more.

JuvenileJusticeOnline.org - created by Detective Wistocki for School Administration, School Resource Officers, Juvenile Officers. This tool is to be used in cases of sexting, online bullying, and much more.

Detective Wistocki met with Junior High School students at the three schools last week to educate them on keeping themselves safe. They were told NO ONE has the right to make them feel bad about themselves, in person or on social media, and to report it to an SRO and that person will handle it from there.

For more information regarding protecting your children, reach out to your child’s school resource officer, or visit www.cyberparenting-101.com.

[Heather Gaule]