Parent Resources

PFTSTA and JP Schools Links

Website for Patrick Taylor Academy

School Cash Online to pay for any school items (formerly My School Bucks)

Website for Jefferson Parish Public Schools

JP Schools Student Progress Center to access your child's grades

Directions for accessing the Student Progress Center on your phone

Parent & student help desk technical support for JP Schools -- Call 504-365-5304 -- Monday-Friday 7:30 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Resources to Support Virtual Learning

Get your questions about Google Classroom answered by CommonSense Media.

Tutorials for everything Google including Classroom, Drive, Meet, etc.

Tips for parents trying to help their children with learning from home

Distance Learning Resource Center from Education Reimagined with a list that is continually updated.

Over 350 online learning resources from We are Teachers.

Need Help in Selecting Good Reads for your Child?

Parent & Child Magazine from Scholastic to help you raise readers and learners.

Author, James Patterson, created Read Kiddo Read to get you excited about books.

A Book and a Hug, created by avid book lover Barb Langridge, has lists of great reads.

Best book lists for various age levels from CommonSense Media.

Need a Recommendation, Guide or info about Electronic Media?

Common Sense Media has reviews on all types of media including books, games, apps, music, movies, tv and more.

Cnet helps you decide which is the best tablet for you 2020.

You Can Help Your Child be a Good Digital Citizen and be Safe Online

Guide to Managing Media for Teens and Tweens from Verizon

Learn more about cyber bullying from Common Sense Media.

Info and resources to help curb cyberbullying from the National Crime Prevention Council.

Get info from OnGuardOnline.gov on kids and social media.

Caller Smart has an informative Internet safety guide for parents.

Wired Safety is a website designed to help educate all ages about online safety.

Parents' guide to social media use for kids from Psychology Today.

Series of videos designed to help kids and teens stay safe online.

Internet and online safety from Praxent

What is bullying/cyberbullying?

What is Cyberbullying?, an overview from Maryville University

Teach kids how to identify bullying and how to stand up to it in a safe way from StopBullying.gov

How you can take action to prevent bullying before it escalates from the American Psychological Association

Tools to help stop bullying from The Bully Project

You Have a Teenager, Do You Need Parenting Advice?

Best Books for parenting teens brought to you by Grown and Flown August, 2019.

A Parenting Guide to Surviving the Teen Years from KidsHealth from Nemours.

Ten tips for raising teenagers brought to you by WebMD.

Tips for raising teens brought to you by the MayoClinic.