Common Sense, the national nonprofit organization dedicated to helping kids and families thrive in a world of media and technology, has recognized COLOMBO AMERICAN SCHOOL as a Common Sense School.The CAS community has demonstrated its commitment to taking a wholistic approach in preparing its students to think critically and use technology responsibly in learning, creating, and participationwhile preparing them for the perils that exist online, such as plagiarism, loss of privacy, and cyberbullying. With the right support, children can take ownership of their digital lives, engage with real issues, and change their communities for the better. This recognition acknowledges our school’s commitment to creating a culture of digital citizenship.

“We applaud the faculty and staff of Colombo American School for embracing digital citizenship as an important part of their students’ education,” said Merve Lapus, Vice President of Education Outreach and National Partnerships at Common Sense Education. “The Computer Science & Robotics teachers deserve high praise for giving its students the foundational skills they need to compete and succeed in the 21st-century workplace and participate ethically in society at large.”

We have 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 the United States, in more than 80,000 schools by more than 1,000,000 educators.

By preparing our students to use technology safely and responsibly, we are providing an opportunity to build lifelong habits to help them succeed in a tech-driven world. We’re honored to be recognized as a Common Sense School.

To learn more about the criteria CAS met to become recognized as a Common Sense School, visit https://www.commonsense.org/education/recognition-schools.