We are pleased to bring Internet access to St. Benedict Cathedral School and believe the Internet offers valuable, diverse, and unique resources to both students and teachers. Our goal in providing this service to teachers and students is to promote educational excellence by facilitating resource sharing, innovation and communication.
If a student violates any of the terms and conditions described below, his or her Internet privileges will be terminated and future access may be denied. Furthermore, a student may be subject to disciplinary action, including expulsion, for abusive use of the Internet. This includes communications originating in or outside of the school by mobile devices such as cellular phones, Pocket PC’s, Smart Watches, and other similar devices (including Wi-Fi/wireless communications) which threaten other students or school personnel, violate school rules or disrupt the educational process promoted by the school. Abusive Internet communications include, for example, posting or dissemination of written material, graphics, photographs or other representations which communicate, depict, promote or encourage:
- Use of any illegal or controlled substance, including alcoholic beverages;
- Violence or threats of violence, intimidation, or injury to the property or person of another; or
- Lewd, offensive, sexually suggestive or other inappropriate behavior.
STUDENT AGREEMENT/TERMS AND CONDITIONS
- Personal Responsibility. The student will accept personal responsibility for misuse of the Internet and electronic information system. “Misuse” may be considered any message sent or received that indicates or suggests racism, sexism, and inappropriate language, harassing or insulting messages, inappropriate sexual content or intentionally wasting limited resources.
- Acceptable Use. Use of the Internet and e-mail will be in support of educational research and the educational goals and missions of St. Benedict Cathedral School as defined by the teacher in charge. “Surfing” the Internet can result in congestion of the school network slowing it down for others and should be avoided.
- Network Etiquette. Students will be polite and will not send or encourage others to send abusive messages. Students will use appropriate language and realize they are a representative of the school community. Students will never use swear words, vulgarities, or other inappropriate language.
- Privacy. Students will not reveal their home address or any personal or family phone numbers or those of any member of the school community to anyone over the Internet at any time.
- Electronic Mail (email). All students will understand that electronic mail is not guaranteed to be private. Students should not send anything that they do not want others to read.
- Security. Under no circumstances will a student order any material over the Internet. Students will not download and/or attach a file from any user or users where the content is unknown.
- Copyright. Students will understand that to copy another person’s work on the Internet and call it their own is a violation of copyright law. This pertains to all text, graphics, and sound. When using other people’s work, permission will be sought when possible and credit given to the author accordingly.
Use of the Internet and email at our school is a privilege and not a right. Students should understand and abide by the above Internet Use Agreement. Students and parents/guardians should further understand that any violation of the Internet Use Agreement may be unethical and may constitute a criminal offense. Any violation of Internet use or access privileges may be revoked and school disciplinary action may be taken.