By DeWeerdt, Hodges, Berger, and Van Buren

School/Student-User Contract

The goal of our school is to provide electronic information services to promote educational excellence by facilitating resource sharing, innovation, and communication as students and teachers use technology. We will make every effort to protect students and teachers from any misuse or abuse of this information service and the technology it utilizes.

Acceptable Uses of Technology:

• Being responsible, courteous, and polite.
• Using appropriate language.
• Honoring all rules and laws of copyright and personal property.
• Accepting full responsibility for the use of personal accounts.
• Researching assigned classroom projects.
• Sending and receiving appropriate electronic mail (email).
• Exploring other authorized computer systems, libraries, databases, and bulletin boards.

Unacceptable Uses of Technology:

• Using obscene language.
• Harassing, insulting, or attacking others.
• Damaging computers, computer systems, or computer networks.
• Sending or receiving copyrighted materials without permission.
• Sending or displaying pornographic, offensive or obscene messages or pictures.
• Using another's password.
• Trespassing in another's folders, work, or files.
• Intentionally wasting limited resources.
• Compromising personal information of students or colleagues.
• Employing the network for commercial purposes.
• Advertising or promoting events that are illegal or against school policy.
• Deliberately exploring websites that are unrelated to the assigned work.
• Using the network in any way that would disrupt the use of the network for others.

School/Student User Privileges while utilizing these Information Services and Technology

The use of the school's electronic resources & networks is a privilege, not a right, and inappropriate use will result in cancellation of those privileges. The use of your assigned account must be in support of education and research and within the educational goals & objectives of our school district. The Internet contains materials that are controversial or not appropriate for students. The District has taken precautions to restrict access to this type of materials by teaching students about responsible use and by using filtering software to block student access to inappropriate sites. Student misuse can come in many forms, but it is commonly viewed as any messages sent or received that indicate or suggest pornography, unethical or illegal solicitation, racism, sexism, inappropriate language, and any malicious attempt to harm or destroy data of another user or of any other agencies or networks that are connected to the system. This includes, but is not limited to, the uploading or creation of computer viruses. All rules of conduct described in the Student Handbook apply when you are on the network. The administration, staff, or faculty may request that the System Administrator deny, revoke or suspend specific user accounts.

Publication Permission:

Permission is hereby given to the school district to publish photographs, project/assignments, and the name of my child in district publications (including the World Wide Web). Additionally, I give permission for my student to be photographed for use in all publications. It is understood that any photographs or printed materials regarding any student will be solely for informational purposes and will not be used for profit by the school district.

Signatures:

I understand and will abide by the provisions and conditions of this Acceptable Use Policy.

Student Name: _____________________(Please Print)

Student Signature: __________________Date: _____

Parent Signature: ___________________ Date: _____