Cyber Safety

Please visit the District's technology page for helpful technology links.

Parent Involvement

National PTA
National PTA is committed to building healthy families and healthy communities, and believes we all have an important role to play in making sure parents, schools, and communities have the support and resources they need.

Parenting

Community Handbook of Information and Services
The handbook includes community resources for youth and families in the Minnetonka Public Schools area and includes information about resources such as: child care, education, family services, transportation, and voting.  If you have any questions, call the Hopkins/Minnetonka Family Resource Center at 952-988-5350.

K12@U Web Site
A new web site at the University of Minnesota will help students to discover opportunities to spark their interests, families to find summer camps and exciting places to visit on University of Minnesota campuses, and pre-12 educators and administrators to find innovative classroom resources and high quality professional development.  The site is designed to offer easy access to more than 180 activities, courses, and programs at the University that are available to the K-12 community—a one-stop shop for students, parents, educators, and others interested in the U’s support for E-12 education across Minnesota.

Meld: Parenting That Works
Meld is a national non-profit family service organization based in Minneapolis. Meld has been making a positive difference for 30 years in the lives of families with children—nurturing the crucial connections between parents and children by building skills, knowledge, support systems, and confidence. Through this work with Meld, parents get what they need to raise nurtured, competent children.

Raising Responsible Children and Teens 

Shoulder to Shoulder Minnesota - Raising Teens Together 
Guiding today's young people through adolescence is no easy task.  The good news is, we're not alone! Is your teen pushing your buttons?  Not sure how to handle it?  We're here to help you make the most of staying ahead of the game and find common ground with your teen. Shoulder to Shoulder is dedicated to helping to make our job easier by connecting fellow parents and caregivers, and sharing the insight of those who have been there before.

Stop the Rollercoaster Newsletter
"Sue Blaney is the author of Please Stop the Rollercoaster! How Parents of Teenagers Can Smooth Out the Ride and founder of ChangeWorks Publishing and Consulting. They deliver programs and products that improve the experiences and effectiveness of parents with teenagers and those who work with them."

University of Minnesota Extension Service
The University of Minnesota Extension Service develops programs that foster the effective parenting of children and youth, with an emphasis on positive parenting for children birth to young adulthood, divorce issues, violence prevention, and other information to help understand the complex social issues facing families today.

Words Can Heal
Words Can Heal is a national campaign to eliminate verbal violence, curb gossip and promote the healing power of words to enhance relationships at every level.

Roadworthy- A Parent’s Guide to Teaching Teens to Drive
New safety tool with advice to help keep teens safe behind the wheel.  Twelve lessons to keep your teen alive behind the wheel.  Take a quiz here.

Sexuality and Health

Daughters.com
A newsletter for parents of girls.

Teen Pregnancy Prevention: The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy website has many good resources. The guide that you can download, provides insights from research about parental influence and offers tips on how parents can help their children delay sexual activity and avoid pregnancy. Published by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, the guide includes findings from a survey of adolescents ages 12-19 to examine what adolescents want adults to know. The guide is designed specifically for parents to help them help their children make good decisions about sex, love, and relationships. Download the guide here.

West Suburban Teen Clinic
The mission of West Suburban Teen Clinic is to promote the physical, social, and emotional well-being of adolescents and young adults by providing community and individual education, confidential counseling and medical services to assist them in making responsible health decisions. The purpose of West Suburban Teen Clinic is to offer youth ages 12 to 23 comprehensive, professional, and low-cost medical, mental health and health education services.

Special Challenges

LDA of Minnesota

At LDA, our success is measured every day.  When our clients achieve their goals, we know we've met ours.

Substance Abuse

Tonka CARES 

Established in 2005, Tonka CARES is a community coalition working to reduce illegal substance use among youth in the Minnetonka School District. Tonka CARES partners include the Minnetonka Public Schools, local law enforcement, businesses, youth serving agencies, faith communities, youth and parents. We envision a community where youth will choose not to use illegal substances and will feel supported and valued for their choice by the entire community.

Family Guide to Keeping Youth Mentally Healthy and Drug-Free   

National Inhalant Prevention Coalition
One of five students in America has used an inhalant to get high by the time he or she reaches 8th grade; inhalants can include household products as common as paint thinner, rubber cement, or hairspray. Many parents, though, are not aware that inhalants are cheap, legal, and accessible products that are as popular among middle-school students as marijuana. For more information on NIPAW and inhalant abuse, and to find out how you can get involved in NIPAW, visit the National Inhalant Prevention Coalition website.

Overindulgence: "How Much is Enough?"  
"How Much is Enough?" by Jean Illsley Clarke, Connie Dawson & David J. Bredehoft
The only book on overindulgence with scientific support that tells parents and professionals what to do instead.

Parents - The Antidrug
TheAntiDrug.com was created by the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign to equip parents and other adult caregivers with the tools they need to raise drug-free kids. Working with the nation's leading experts in the fields of parenting and substance abuse prevention, TheAntiDrug.com serves as a drug prevention information center, and a supportive community for parents to interact and learn from each other.  Check out the Parent Tips and subscribe to the newsletter by entering an email address on the front page.