Media Guidelines
For our purposes, we define media to include:
- Television, DVD, video, film
- Computers, internet, cellular phones, PDAs
- Recorded music, radios, iPods, MP3 and other portable music players
- Video, arcade, and computer games such as Nintendo, PlayStation, Xbox, Wii, handhelds
Our goal for students in
Early Childhood through Grade 5
- No media, particularly on nights preceding and following school days.
- The younger the child, the more vitally important this is.
Our goal for students in
Middle School, Grades 6 through 8
- Parents, if you decide to introduce media usage, do it slowly and judiciously.
- Put the computer in a public place in your home and use a password for access.
- Provide rules for computer and/or internet usage, and stick to them.
- Prohibit media exposure on any evening preceding a school day, including instant messaging and e-mailing.
- Prohibit access to web sites where your child may post his or her personal information.
- Encourage regular study habits in a quiet environment, without a backdrop of recorded music and/or video.
- Limit time spent listening to iPods and other portable music players.
- Review all media content beforehand and discuss it afterwards.
- Censor anything that runs counter to your values, or may be developmentally inappropriate. Screen music for content of lyrics.
- Observe PG-13 and R ratings for movies.
- Rock concerts are not appropriate.
