A message from Director of Secondary Education, Dr. Anna Barter: 

We are excited to announce that Visitation School continues its partnership with The Social Institute (TSI), a national leader in curriculum designed to equip students to navigate the complex intersection of well-being, social media and technology. 

At a time when AI is becoming a part of daily life increasingly, students spend many hours a day on digital devices, and cyberbullying and reputation-damaging posts run rampant, The Social Insitute equips students to make positive, healthy and high-character choices that fuel their health, happiness, and future success. Visitation has adopted The Social Institute's comprehensive program, called #WinAtSocial, which promotes character, empathy, teamwork and other important life skills.  

Whether or not your child uses social media or a device of their own, we hope that you will consider how these free resources outlined below could be useful to your family.

To be clear, information offered through this partnership does not instruct anyone how to parent. Instead, these supplementary resources provide insight into social media, technology, and student experiences, offering family discussion prompts and informative resources that you can incorporate into family conversations as much or as little as you like. 

How Your Family Can Participate:

1. Continue the conversation at home: As students experience #WinAtSocial each month, E-news communication will provide Parent Toolkit links as a supplement to the lessons. These are completely optional to run as a family! 
2. Register your free account for the Parent Toolkit. Many families refer to this as the CliffsNotes of social media and technology! Go to the Toolkit, click Activate Account, and enter our school code: 19e4078CDD409B

See more information on how The Social Institute supports families. 

We are excited to offer this important and timely education to our community. Please contact Donielle Dixon or Kerry Trammell with any questions.