Dear Parents/Guardians,
Holy Family School has implement “Google Apps for Education.”
Google Apps for Education is a suite of tools that are very useful to students and teachers. Google
Apps can be accessed anywhere, on any device that has internet access
so students can communicate and work on their documents, presentations and projects in
school and at home. Students will be able to collaborate with each other on projects in school and at home. When
a group project is assigned, students will be able to work together in
real time from home eliminating the need to gather in the same place. Students will be able to help each other edit their documents. Teachers will be able to communicate with students about their work from any device.
Google Apps provides an online storage space for files eliminating the need for flash drives between home and school.
Google
Apps for Education is different from public Google accounts in that
they are managed by the school, do not include any advertising and have
more strict filtering and content controls.
To set up an account
in Google Apps for Education, students need to have an email address, which is provided by the school.
This email address will only be used for school related projects.
Students will need this email to sign up for school related internet
activities as determined by the teachers. Students will not use this
email to sign up for websites at home.
Personal use of this email address will NOT be allowed.
All
students will be respectful in their postings and comments. No
cyberbullying, inappropriate language, personal insults, profanity,
spam, racist, sexist or discriminatory remarks, or threatening comments
will be tolerated. Students are representing Holy Family School when
they use Google Apps.
Students should not share their
password with other students or anyone outside the Holy Family School
community. Teachers will have access to student passwords.
Students
are responsible for messages sent from their accounts. If someone else
sends messages from a student's account, the student or parent will
report this to a teacher or the principal.
Students will report any unusual activities such as “spam” communications or inappropriate emails to a teacher or the principal.
Students will not provide any personal information via the school email account.
Students
will be strictly supervised while using Google Apps for Education at
school by teachers. Parents should supervise students at home anytime
they are using the internet.
Holy Family School cannot and
does not guarantee the security of electronic files used in Google Apps
for Education. Google does have content filter, however, the school
cannot ensure that users will not be exposed to unsolicited information.
Google
Apps documents and email shared, sent or received through holyfamilyalbany.com
are not confidential and are the property of Holy Family School. Holy
Family School reserves the right to retrieve the contents of user
mailboxes and documents for legitimate reasons.
Holy Family
School has complete control of the Google
Apps accounts. Failure to adhere to any of the above stated policies
will result in disciplinary action.
Any misuse will result in both accounts being deleted.
Using Google Apps is a privilege not a right.
Students
will be given instruction on how to use the Google Apps
appropriately. They will be expected to adhere to the Acceptable Use
Policy of Holy Family School.
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