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
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!
More events!
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. We will distribute resources and ideas to help reclaim time and real life connections lost to screens and tech. Look for information coming home in folders!
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 play in the gym where we will have some activities available.
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!
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.
