North Country Union Junior High School

(NCUJHS)

Agreement for the Use of School Computers and of the Internet

Acceptable Use Policy

Please read this document carefully.

           The Internet offers vast, diverse, and unique resources to both students and teachers.  North Country’s goal in providing this service to teachers and students is to promote educational excellence in our school by facilitating resource sharing, innovation, and communication, thus enabling our students to become lifelong learners.

         With access to computers and people all over the world also comes the availability of material that may not be considered to be of educational value in the context of the school setting.  North Country has taken precautions to restrict access to controversial materials; however, each student has the ultimate responsibility of respectful use of the school’s equipment and for ethical use of the Internet.

            If a North Country student violates this trust, his/her account will be terminated and future access could possibly be denied.   There is no exception of privacy on school computers.  Your child’s account will be monitored.

            No student shall intentionally cause damage to school computers.  The following are prohibited:

·        Removing any equipment or software from the designated area. 

·        Switching keys on a keyboard.  This will damage a keyboard.

·        Deleting, renaming, moving, copying or changing any file or its properties, other than his/her personally owned files.

·        Tampering with installed software and files.

·        Attempting to change or changing passwords.

·        Damaging the work of another student.

·        Accessing another student’s account.  Only the administrator or a teacher has permission to do this.

·        Tampering with hardware in any way.

·        Installing personal software on school equipment.

·        Violating copyright laws by unauthorized copying of software.

·        Installing, copying, or knowingly infecting a computer system with a virus.

·        Downloading of any kind.

·        E-Mail/Chat rooms

·        E-mail accounts are restricted through teacher accounts and are ONLY for educational purposes. There is no chat room access allowed. Do not attempt to access chat rooms or e-mail sites.  You will loose your Internet privileges.

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Internet Use

            Internet Use must be in support of education and research and consistent with the educational objectives of NCUJHS.  The following guidelines are in effect:

·        Do not enter chat rooms or attempt to access chat rooms.

·        Do not play on-line games, use cheat sites for games or go to music or video sites.

·        Do not use the network for financial or commercial gain.

·        Do not use the network for product advertisement or political lobbying.

·        Do not use equipment without staff permission or supervision.

·        Do not publish unauthorized material on sites sponsored by or provided by NCUJHS.

·        Do not shop on-line.

·        Do not go to any site that allows you to bid on-line. (eg: auction sites, e-bay)

·        Do not use the Internet for inappropriate behavior.

·        Do not download anything for any reason.

·        Do not waste technology resources including bandwidth, file storage space, printers or paper which include on-line videos and Internet games.

·        Do not attempt to gain access to inappropriate sites, including those with obscene, pornographic, harassing, or offensively violent material.

·        Evaluate carefully the currency, accuracy, and validity of the information you obtain from the Internet.  Use of any information obtained via the Internet is at your own risk.  NCUJHS specifically denies any responsibility of the accuracy or quality of information obtained through its services.

1. Consequences, depending on the nature of the violation could include the following:

·         Warning and a letter sent home

·          1 week off all computers. A letter will be sent home and a talk with

the Assistant Principal about inappropriate use on the computer will be mandated.

·          1 month off all computers

·         All computer privileges will be revoked

2.       NCUJHS must limit the use of Internet to educational sites only.  It is a privilege to use the computer.

Teachers at North Country Union Junior High School will use discretion and sensitivity regarding the displaying of student work, pictures, or other items in or outside the building.  Sometimes we put pictures or student work into the newspaper, in school newsletters, on the web page, etc. 

            We have read this contract over and understand NCUJHS’s policy on acceptable use on school computers and the Internet.

Student signature                                                                 Student print name

Parent Signature                                                                  Date