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, Dec. 9, 2025
6:00-7:30 p.m.
Happy Valley Cafeteria
This is the first of our monthly potlucks 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?
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!
More events!
Healthy Tech Family Potluck
Monday, January 12, 2026
6:00-7:30 p.m.
Happy Valley Cafeteria
Healthy Tech Family Potluck
Wednesday, February 11, 2026
6:00-7:30 p.m.
Happy Valley Cafeteria
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.
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: