Monthly News & Updates

December 2023 | Issue No. 2

Need To Know: Why Children Are Targeted For Identity Theft And What To Do About It

In October 2023, the Clark County School District suffered a data breach impacting approximately 200,000 students. Both students and faculty were impacted.

According to the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, “cyber incidents are so prevalent [in K-12 schools], that, on average, there is more than one incident per school day.”

This breach is the second large breach of the Clark County School District in three years. The last was in August 2020. It impacted 44,000 individuals.

The hack of one of the nation’s largest school districts has parents asking how to tell if the personally identifiable information for their child has been used and what recourse parents have as a result of the breach.

Here at Power2Parent we would like to take a moment to say that our hearts go out to the entire University of Nevada, Las Vegas Rebel community in the wake of the campus shooting that took place last week. We stand in solidarity with our community in condemning this senseless act of violence and the tragic loss of life of three cherished faculty members -

Dr. Jerry Cha-Jan Chang, Lee Business School
Dr. Patricia Navarro Velez, Lee Business School
Dr. Naoko Takemaru, College of Liberal Arts

A moment ten years in the making: CEO Erin Phillips and Deputy CEO Deborah Earl cut the ribbon at the new Power2Parent building. From left - Yuan-Fen Lai, Tuan Pham, Karla Severson, Raja Mourey, Peter Guzman, Deborah Earl, Erin Phillips, Rudy Padmintuan, Ralph McNamara.

Event Highlights: Grand Opening of P2P Office & November Union Meeting

Power2Parent marked ten years as a homegrown nonprofit serving the local community and beyond with the grand opening of its new office in Spring Valley.

More than 50 local politicians, business leaders and community members attended the ribbon cutting in support of the mission of Power2Parent - to empower parents to advocate effectively on behalf of their children.

A Union Meeting was hosted in the new space Nov. 28. During this meeting, parents were equipped to challenge inappropriate school library content and work with school organizational teams to enact meaningful change.

AI For Edu Featured Resource: Quillbot

Quillbot is a student writer’s best friend and assists working professionals with boosting their productivity. The tool is a writing coach, assistant, editor or language translator at the click of a button.

Not only does the tool provide a paraphrase of inputted text, but the end-user can request the style of paraphrase the AI generator delivers. There are nine selections ranging from simple to academic, formal to creative.

Gone are the days of having to buy an APA handbook just to write citations. Quillbot will also formulate citations in several styles.

The tool provides a translator feature in a wide array of languages for large blocks of text. It checks for grammar and punctuation errors.

It can also scan writing for unintentional plagiarism, summarize text from uploaded documents and co-write a paper. What does that mean, you ask? An AI cowriter generates content while adapting to a writer’s voice and providing real-time editing assistance The basic version of this tool is free.

Opinion: Teaching Our Children 'Please' And 'Thank You' Sets Them Up For Success

I recently visited a fast-food restaurant with my three little boys. While standing in line to have my order taken, a teenage employee paused while assembling meals to tell me – over his shoulder and while avoiding eye contact – that I had to order on the kiosk. He was not allowed to talk to customers, he informed me rather awkwardly.

This situation is hardly unique in a climate where front-of-house interactions are increasingly becoming dominated by tech. The interaction reinforced a glaringly obvious truth – that children are being raised in an environment with significantly decreased opportunities to be taught and to practice social etiquette. And, yet, social etiquette carries greater weight than hard skills when it comes to workplace success.

A longstanding study combining research from Harvard University, the Stanford Research Center and the Carnegie Foundation shows that 85 percent of an individual’s success in the workplace is determined by soft skills. A mere 15 percent is attributed to hard skills.

Family Fun: TikTok Famous Pillsbury Holiday Cookies & Games To Teach Our Children Socio-Emotional Skills

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Donor Opportunity: End-of-Year Giving

As we close out 2023, we want to thank all of our generous donors. Any contribution, no matter how small, advances the cause of Power2Parent, a powerful partner in fighting for parental rights within our communities.

Please consider a tax deductible, end-of-year donation to support our mission. In addition to in-house initiatives, Power2Parent partners with charities impacting the local community.

For the third consecutive year, we have partnered with Hope for Prisoners to fill Christmas stockings for children with incarcerated parents. This year more than 400 stockings were packed, and we are able to do this in large part due to your generosity.

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