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We understand that keeping your children safe and healthy is the top priority of every parent and guardian. Fenton High School is continuing its commitment to partner with our families on a variety of issues that support the well-being of our students.
Below is a list of resources Fenton has made available for parents and guardians. Clicking on these links takes you to each section located further down on this page.
In collaboration with YWCA Metropolitan Chicago, Fenton is pleased to offer Empowered Parents, a three-part educational series designed to equip parents with essential knowledge and practical tools to recognize warning signs, protect their children, and respond appropriately to concerns.
The series will be delivered over three months and will cover the following critical topics:
Recognizing and responding to child sexual abuse
Protecting children from grooming and sexual exploitation
Breaking barriers, teaching consent, and responding to disclosures of abuse or sexual assault
We invite you to begin this important series with Part One: Protecting Our Youth – A Guide to Recognizing and Responding to Child Sexual Abuse.
Now as a parent you can feel empowered and unmask the activities and hidden dangers your children interact with everyday. Cyberparenting 101 provides eye-opening videos you can watch anytime, anywhere, on your phone, tablet or computer. Award Winning Trainer and Child Cyber Crimes Expert Det. Richard Wistocki delivers instructional content divided into short 5 to 15 min videos that go beyond providing insight and education, they provide tools and resources to understand and manage children's devices.
This sobering, proactive video series is a vital tool for parents raising children of all ages. This educational series sets a new standard, breaking down the technological walls that today’s children live behind.
Instructional Series covers these topics and more:
Basic Technology Rules
The Technology Talk
Cyber-Bullying
Having Vaults and Fake Accounts
Cyber Investigations and Internet Laws
Teen Dating and Online Relationships
Sextortion
Making a Police Report
Gaming Online
My Child’s Cell Phone and Drug Use
Asking My Son/Daughter to Take A Drug Test
NEW The Dangers of Vaping
These videos are provided as a 24/7 on-demand educational service to the Faculty and Families of Fenton Community High School District 100.
Parents are responsible for all of their child's devices and actions until they are 18.
Most social networks such as TikTok, Instagram, and Snapchat, require users to be 13 years of age or older to have an account. Check your child's date of birth on their accounts to ensure they listed their true age. Many children list the year 2000 out of convenience (this makes them appear 20+ years old).
Never allow your children to charge devices in their rooms at night. This is when they loose sleep affecting their grades, participate in inappropriate video chats and potentially become victimized.
Your child should be able to tell you their online friends true first name, last name, where they live and where they go to school if they are chatting online. Not by what their "online friend" tells them but what they have witnessed or verified themselves.
Parents should be aware of monitoring software that is available to make their kids safe such as Bark.us.
Before sending any picture, video or snap, think about the "3 P Test" If you were to show that picture or video to a parent, priest or principal what do you think they would say? If they wouldn't approve it is NOT OK to share.
Parents must know the code or password to unlock their child's phone or device in case something happens. When a parent attempts to access the device and the child changes the code without informing the parent, that could have major consequences.
Do your best to be involved and make efforts to understand the apps and games your child uses, the more you understand about their online lives the better you can guide and protect them from poor choices.
Funded through a grant from the Illinois Department of Public Health, Fenton, along with nine other school districts in DuPage County, were awarded funding to ensure as many students as possible have access to mental health services after school and on weekends. Students and families will be able to access services and receive support from established community-based providers.
Funding from the grant will be used to pay for the referral service, called Referral GPS, who will connect families to free mental health services. Additionally, this program will combat stigma, and expand social awareness regarding mental health services for our students and families.
For any questions please contact Richard Watts, Director of Special Education at watts@fenton100.org or via phone at 630-860-4924.
The Glenbard Parent Series (GPS) is a large group of area schools working together to find guest speakers and produce informative literature to help families navigate life with a growing teenager.
Most programs in the Glenbard Parent Series programs are virtual and can be joined from home over the internet, and all presentations are free.
