Ross Sheppard High School

At Ross Sheppard High School, we believe that technology can be a powerful tool to enhance learning, enabling students to access information and collaborate with others across the school, community, and the internet. We believe that all students, staff and parents must be good digital citizens by following standards of acceptable use when using eit... her school-owned technology (software, hardware, internet) or their own personal electronic devices (laptops, netbooks, smart phones, iPods and more) for school purposes. As a Ross Sheppard student, having access to technology to support your learning is valuable. Along with this privilege goes responsibility. Some of these responsibilities include: Access to technology can be revoked at any time at the discretion of the principal. Just as with your actions in everyday life, when you're using technology you need to conduct yourself accordingly and exercise good judgment. Comply with all the policies and rules pertaining to the use of technology which the school has established or may establish in the future. Take full responsibility for, and respectfully use, the technology available to you at school. For example, this means you will use proper care if transporting, handling or operating any electronic device (e.g. computer, camera, etc.) while in school, whether it belongs to the school, another student, or yourself. Personnel from the school and District Technology have access to information about every web page visited and file created on the network and student portal. This information may be monitored and viewed by my teachers or other district personnel if reasonable. Do not use technology in any way that negatively affects any other student or persons. These are just a few of the standards for acceptable use that are outlined in the Ross Sheppard Responsible Use of Technology document, which must be reviewed by both a student and their parent/guardian in order for a student to use school-owned technology or to use personal electronic devices in school. The ...Read More