Keystone Oaks School District

Common Sense, the national nonprofit organization dedicated to helping kids and families thrive in a world of media and technology, has recognized Fred L. Aiken Elementary School as a Common Sense School.

Aiken Elementary School has demonstrated its commitment to a whole-community approach in preparing students to think critically and use technology responsibly. By teaching students to learn, create, and participate safely, the school prepares them to navigate online challenges such as plagiarism, privacy loss, and cyberbullying. With the right support, students can take ownership of their digital lives, engage with real issues, and change their communities for the better. This recognition acknowledges our school's dedication to creating a culture of digital citizenship.

Aiken Elementary School has been using Common Sense Education's innovative and research-based digital citizenship resources, which were created in collaboration with researchers from Project Zero, led by Howard Gardner at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and are grounded in the real issues students and teachers face. The resources teach students, educators, and parents tangible skills related to internet safety, protecting online reputations and personal privacy, media balance, managing online relationships, and media literacy. The free K–12 curriculum is used in classrooms across all 50 states, in more than 80,000 schools by more than 1 million educators.