St. Bernard's Internet, Web Site, and eChalk Acceptable Use
Policy
We are pleased to announce that electronic information
services will be available this year to students and teachers in
our school. St. Bernard’s Central
Catholic High St. Bernard’s Central Catholic High School strongly believes in
the education value of such electronic services and recognizes the potential of
such to support our curriculum and student learning in our school. Our goal in providing this service is to
promote educational excellence by facilitating resource sharing, innovation,
and communication. St. Bernard’s
Central Catholic High School will make every effort to protect students and
teachers from any misuses or abuses as a result of their experiences with an
information service. All users must be
continuously on guard to avoid inappropriate and illegal interaction with the
information service.
Please read this document carefully. When signed by you and if appropriate, your
guardian/parent, it becomes a legally binding contract. We must have your initials where indicated
and your signature and that of your guardian/parent (if you are under 18)
before you may use the St. Bernard’s Central Catholic High School’s electronic
information services.
Listed below are the provisions of this contract. If any user violates these provisions,
access to the information service may be denied and you may be subject to
disciplinary action.
Terms and Conditions of This Contract
1. Personal
Responsibility. As a representative of St. Bernard’s Central
Catholic High School, I will accept personal responsibility for reporting any
misuse of the network to the system administrator. Misuse can come in many forms, but it is commonly viewed as any
messages(s) sent or received that indicate or suggest pornography, unethical or
illegal solicitation, racism, sexism, inappropriate language, and other issues
described below. I understand that all
the rules of conduct described in this contract and school policy apply when I
am on the network.
2. Acceptable
Use. The use of my account must be in support of education and research and
with the educational goals and objectives of St. Bernard’s Central Catholic
High School as found in school policy.
I am personally responsible for knowing these policies and abiding by
them and by this contract provision at all times when using the electronic
information service.
A.
Use of other
organization’s network or computing resources must comply with rules
appropriate to that network.
B.
Trasmission of any
material in violation of any United States or other state organizations is
prohibited. This includes, but is not
limited to: copyrighted material, threatening or obscene materials, or material
protected by trade secret.
C.
Use of commercial
activities by for-profit institutions is generally not acceptable.
D.
Use of product
advertisement or political lobbying is also prohibited.
E.
I am aware that the
inappropriate use of electronic information resources can be a violation of
local, state and federal laws and that I can be prosecuted for violating those
laws.
3. Privileges. The use of
the information system is a privilege, not a right, and inappropriate use will
result in a cancellation of those privileges.
Electronic system administrator(s), operating under the auspices of the
STBCCHS. The administration of St. Bernard’s Central Catholic High School will
decide what is appropriate use and their decision is final. They system administrator(s) may close an
account at nay time deemed necessary.
The administration, staff, or faculty of St. Bernard’s Central Catholic
High may request that the system administrator deny, revoke, or suspend
specific user accounts.
4. Network
Etiquette and Privacy. You are expected to abide by the generally accepted
rules of network etiquette. These rules
include (but are not limited to) the following:
A.
BE POLITE. Never send, or encourage others to send,
abusive messages.
B.
USE APPROPRIATE
LANGUAGE. Remember that you are a
representative of our St. Bernard’s Central Catholic High School and district
on a non-private system. You may be
alone with your computer, but what you say and do can be viewed globally! Illegal activities of any kind are strictly
forbidden.
C.
PRIVACY. Do not reveal your home address or personal
phone number or the addresses and phone numbers of students or colleagues.
D.
ELECTRONIC MAIL. Electronic mail (e-mail) is not guaranteed
to be private. Messages relating to or
in support of illegal activities must be reported to the authorities.
E.
DISRUPTIONS. Do not use the network in any way that would
disrupt use of the network by others.
F.
OTHER CONSIDERATIONS:
1)
Do be brief. Few people will bother to read a long
message.
2)
Do minimize spelling
errors and make sure your message is easy to understand and read.
3)
Do use accurate and
descriptive titles for your articles.
Tell people what it is about before they read it.
4)
Do get the most
appropriate audience for your message, not the widest.
5)
Do remember that humor
and satire is very often misinterpreted.
6)
Do remember that if you
post to multiple groups, specify all groups in a single message.
7)
Do cite references for
any facts you present.
8)
Do forgive the spelling
and grammar errors of others.
9)
Do keep signatures
brief.
10) Do remember that all network users are human
beings. Don’t “attack correspondents; persuade
them with facts.
11) Do post only to groups you
know.
5. Services. St. Bernard’s
Central Catholic High School makes no warranties of any kind, whether expressed
or implied, for the service it is providing.
St. Bernard’s Central Catholic High School will not be responsible for
any damages suffered while on this system.
These damages include (but are not limited to) loss of data as a result
of delays, non-deliveries, mis-deliveries, or service interruptions caused by
the system or your errors or omissions.
Use of any information obtained via the information system is at your
own risk. St. Bernard’s Central
Catholic High School specifically disclaims any responsibility for the accuracy
of information obtained through its services.
6. Security. Security
on any computer system is a high priority because there are so many users. If you identify a security problem, notify
the system administrator at once. Never
demonstrate the problem to other users.
Never use another individual’s account without written permission from
that person. All use of the system must
be under your own account. Any user
identified as a security risk will be denied access to the information system.
7. Vandalism. Vandalism
is defined as any malicious attempt to harm or destroy data of another user or
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.
Any vandalism will result in the loss of computer services, disciplinary
action, and legal referral.
8. Updating. The
information service requires new registration each year to continue the
privilege of using St. Bernard’s Central Catholic High School’s electronic
information service.
REQUIRED
SIGNATURES
Acceptable
Use Policy Contract
STUDENT
I understand and will abide by the provisions and
conditions of the Acceptable Use Policy.
I understand that any violations of the aforementioned provisions may
result in disciplinary action, the revoking of my user account, and appropriate
legal action. I also agree to report
any misuse of the information system to the St. Bernard’s Central Catholic High
School system administrator. Misuse can
come in many forms, but can be viewed as any messages sent or received that indicate
or suggest pornography, unethical or illegal solicitation., racism, sexism,
inappropriate language, and other issues described on previous pages. All the rules of conduct described in this
contract and District policy apply when I am on the network.
Student Name (please print):
____
Student Signature:__________________________________________________________
Date:______________________________________________________________________
PARENT OR
GUARDIAN
Students must have the signature of a parent or
guardian who has read this contract. As
the parent or guardian of this student, I have read this contract and
understand that it is designed for educational purposes. I understand that it is impossible for St.
Bernard’s Central Catholic High School to restrict access to all controversial
materials, and I will not hold the school responsible for materials acquired on
the network. I also agree to report any
misuse of the information system to St. Bernard’s Central Catholic High School
system administrator. Misuse can come
in many forms, but can be viewed as any messages sent or received that indicate
or suggest pornography, unethical or illegal solicitation, racism, sexism,
inappropriate language, and other issues described on previous pages.
Parent Name (please print): _____
Parent Signature:___________________________________________________________
Date:______________________________________________________________________
ST. BERNARD’S CENTRAL CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL
EMPLOYEE ELECTRONIC INFORMATION SERVICES
1.0 Purpose
1.1 To
provide St. Bernard’s Central Catholic High School staff users with guidelines
for proper use of the Internet.
2.0 Scope
2.1 This
policy applies to all STBCCHS employees using St. Bernard’s Central Catholic
High School computers and/or equipment, or private home computers to access or
in any way utilize the St. Bernard’s Central Catholic High School-provided
Internet access and local network. The Internet defined as any provider of
access to the technology network providing international computer - based
electronic communication, with the capacity to share data. The Internet does
include material that is not suited for the workplace. The intent of the STBCCHS
is to use connections on the Internet only for reasons consistent with work
purposes. Anyone who used the network illegally or improperly will lose the
privilege of using it.
3.0 General
3.1 All
STBCCHS Employees that have a valid Network User ID and Password will have
access to the Internet through the STBCCHS Network. It is the responsibility of
the employee, before accessing the Internet, to review and understand this
document.
3.2 The
STBCCHS Administration and the St. Bernard’s Central Catholic High School
administration will periodically review the issues that arise from employee use
of the Internet. The issues addressed will be the potential liability of using
FTP, the protocol for transferring files from one computer to another, HTTP,
the protocol for linking between documents in the World Wide Web, Internet
e-mail, and any and all other tools provided by the Internet and used by this
school.
4.0 Policy
4.1 Use of
the Internet is a privilege. The primary use of the Internet is for
school-related and educational purposes only. Use of any St. Bernard’s Central
Catholic High School-supplied facility or equipment is subject to monitoring
and review by the school, at its discretion. St. Bernard’s Central Catholic
High School administration may access and read employee Internet messages or
review Internet Sites visited by employees at any time. Using this account in
support of illegal activities is prohibited.
4.2
Access to the St.
Bernard’s Central Catholic High School-supplied Internet connection is allowed
from your home computer for personal research during non-working hours.
4.3
Internet e-mail is sent
and received via the St. Bernard’s Central Catholic High School Microsoft
Exchange/Outlook e-mail system or a contracted third-party e-mail system. STBCCHS provides Internet e-mail addresses
for St. Bernard’s Central Catholic High School communications. It is acceptable to receive a reasonable
amount of solicited Internet mail to the St. Bernard’s Central Catholic High
School provided e-mail address. If the
employee wants private e-mail, a personal account with a local Internet service
provider should be established at the employee’s expense.
4.4
There is potential
copyright violation in using material downloaded from the Internet. If material
has a copyright symbol, be on guard. If there are questions about what you can
or cannot use, contact the Media Resource Center/Library before proceeding. All
material downloaded from the Internet must be done so in a manner that respects
the publishers’ copyright ownership.
4.5 Trademark policies must be adhered to. All
STBCCHS domain names and trademarks are
property of the St. Bernard’s Central Catholic High School and the employee
has no ownership rights in them.
4.6 You are responsible for protecting your
computer and the networks from viruses that may inadvertently be downloaded
from the Internet resources. You must use the current virus scanning software
against any downloaded files.
4.7
Always observe proper
Netiquette: the rules for polite correspondence on the Internet, common sense
prevails.
4.7.1 The best
advice: BE POLITE. This statement is an example of being
impolite, capitalization
is considered shouting on the Net and very rude.
4.7.2 Do not
Flame. Flaming is considered bad manners. Impolite messages, a
piece of mail, or a
usenet posting which is violently argumentative or
people calling each other
names is flaming.
4.7.3 Find out
if a mailing list has a file known as FAQ. Frequently asked
questions may tell you
more about the list and how it operates.