Below is a list of useful links to help students stay safe on the internet.  Clicking on the links on this page will direct you outside the Hempfield School District Website. Hempfield School District is not responsible for content outside its website.

• A Byte-Size Online Safety Guide
  • Excellent info in a kid-friendly interface from Nickelodeon TV.
• A Parents' Guide to Internet Safety
  • From the Federal Bureau of Investigation Crimes Against Children Program.
• Child Abuse Prevention Services (CAPS)
  • CAPS provides innovative and comprehensive child safety and child prevention programs and materials.
• Child Safety from Microsoft
  • Help keep your kids safer while they explore online with the following articles and tips. 
• Children and the Internet (Free PDF Brochure)
  • Informative 2-page brochure.
• Crimes Against Children Research Center (CCRC)
  • Provides high quality research and statistics about the nature and impact of crimes including child abduction, homicide, rape, assault, and physical and sexual abuse.
• CyberNetiquette Comix
  • An entertaining, interactive way for families to learn valuable lessons about online safety.
• CyberSafety for Kids Online: A Parents' Guide (PDF)
  • From the National Crime Prevention Council.
• Cybersitter Software
  • Rated one of the best internet filters.
• GetNetWise
  • Helps parents stay "one-click" ahead of would-be pornographers, hackers, child-predators and those who would misuse your and your child's sensitive information.
• Instant Messaging, Chat Rooms, ICQ - Do You Know Who Your Kid's Talking To?
  • Discusses protecting your child in an IM world.
• Internet Content Rating Association
  • The ICRA's mission is to protect children from potentially harmful material.
• Internet Safety for Teachers
  • Provides free interactive lessons to help students understand the Internet, as well as the dangers that lurk online.
• Internet Superheroes
  • Delivering smart, safe and responsible surfing messages to children, teens, schools and parents, online and offline.
• MailFrontier Field Guide to Phishing (PDF; 1.36 MB)
  • Clear, concise explanations and visual representations of dangerous phish that may find their way to your computer.
• NetSmartz
  • An interactive, educational safety resource that teaches students how to stay safer on the internet.
• Online-Safety Resources for Home & School
  • Extensive information on how to identify a phishing scam.
• Teenangels
  • Teenangels run unique programs in schools to spread the word about responsible and safe surfing to other teens and younger kids, parents, and teachers.
• Web Wise Kids
  • Ensures child internet safety by giving tips and advice on how to protect yourself from online predators.
• Wired Kids
  • Provides awareness on Internet-related child sex-trafficking and sex tours designed for child molesters and the threat of pedophile-owned and operated orphanages in tsunami-torn regions.
• Wired Safety
  • Helps people of all ages with anything that can go wrong online, from con artists, identity thieves, predators, stalkers, criminal hackers, online fraud, cyber-romance gone wrong and privacy problems.