HV PTA Healthy Tech
The goal of the Happy Valley PTA Healthy Tech Committee is to support youth, families and educators as we move toward healthier tech use together.
Questions?
Email healthytech@happyvalleypta.com
Upcoming Events
Featured Event
Healthy Tech Family Potluck
Tuesday, March 24, 2026
6:00-7:30 p.m.
Happy Valley Cafeteria
Topic: Let Grow - Increasing Opportunities for Independence and Skill Building
Join us for our monthly potluck to connect with other families who are learning to navigate all the questions, concerns and possibilities that technology brings. Bring a dish to share, and come even if you can't! Bring the whole family! Kids are welcome to join the conversation, or use provided card/board games and arts and crafts supplies.
All are welcome! New to this topic? Welcome! Read all the books (and maybe even wrote one)? Welcome! Can't come every time? No problem!
Over the course of our potlucks, we'll discuss questions like: Should I give my kid a phone? Are video games safe? What's the right amount of screentime? How is technology used in the classroom?
Past events
Screenagers: Elementary School Age Edition
Friday, Nov. 7, 2025
6:30-8:00 p.m.
Happy Valley Cafeteria
Join us to watch a free screening of Screenagers: Elementary School Age Edition, a film for parents/caregivers and students about growing up in the digital age, and how we can approach tricky topics like screen time limits, phones, video games, sleep hygiene, and more. Bring your student to watch with you! Dessert to follow! This film is not available for streaming at home. Special thanks to the Happy Valley Neighborhood Association for funding this screening!
Tech Reset Week
November 17-21, 2025
This is a chance to reset and be intentional about our tech use as a Happy Valley Community. Check out this flyer for resources and ideas to help reclaim time and real life connections lost to screens and tech. (Spanish version.)
Return the bottom of the flyer to the bin in the library/office to enter a raffle for a chance to win screen free games and activities.
More Events
Spring Tech Reset
March 30 - April 12, 2026
Researchers have found kids are often under protected online and overprotected in the real world. This Spring Tech Reset is a chance to adjust our tech use while creating real world opportunities for growth in its place. (Flyer with resources coming soon.)
Turn in your slip to your teacher by Tuesday, April 14 to be invited to a Healthy Tech extra recess with Ms. Gouveia. Classes with 50% or more participation will earn a new game for their classroom!
Healthy Tech Family Potluck
Thursday, April 23, 2026
6:00-7:30 p.m.
Happy Valley Cafeteria
Topic: EdTech - Technology in the Classroom
All are welcome! New to this topic? Welcome! Read all the books (and maybe even wrote one)? Welcome! Can't come every time? No problem!
Join us for our monthly potluck to connect with other families who are learning to navigate all the questions, concerns and possibilities that technology brings. Bring a dish to share, and come even if you can't! Bring the whole family! Kids are welcome to join the conversation, or use provided card/board games and arts and crafts supplies.
Over the course of our potlucks, we'll discuss questions like: Should I give my kid a phone? Are video games safe? What's the right amount of screentime? How is technology used in the classroom?
Resources
Wait until 8th has a pledge that you can sign saying you will wait until the end of 8th grade before giving your child a smartphone. Once 10 families from your grade at HV have signed up, the pledge is “activated” and you’ll be able to see which families in your grade have also signed the pledge. This makes it easier to connect and support one another! We would love to see every grade/cohort at Happy Valley with an activated Wait Until 8th pledge.
2025 WK Healthy Tech Expert Panel
Watch: Local experts talk about healthy technology use and share tips with families.
Research on the health risks associated with having a smartphone before age 12
Listen to an introduction to a study in the peer-reviewed journal Pediatrics that associates getting a cell phone before the age of 12 to poor health outcomes. Click the play button to listen (this starts at the top of the segment for the study).
Add these resources to your Healthy Tech toolkit:
2025-2026 ParentEd Talk Season Pass
Access for free with code SCHFree2500 from Seattle Children's Hospital. There are talks on many helpful topics, but we wanted to highlight a couple that are tech related:
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The EdTech Wake-Up Call: Rethinking How Kids Learn Online | March 10, 2026 With Jared Cooney Horvath, Ph.D., educator and author
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The Family Tech Reset: Hope and Help for Rebuilding Connection | May 12, 2026 With Andrea Davis, educator and founder of Better Screen Time