strictly prohibited. These materials include items
of a sexual or pornographic nature, extremist or
militant materials, gambling, depictions of
violence, images that are intended to be abusive
or harassing, etc. Students must not access,
display or store this type of material.
Information obtained through the Internet must
be properly cited and in compliance with
copyright laws. Due to the quickly changing
nature of the Internet, a hard copy of referenced
material is recommended.
Students are required to give proper credit to all
Internet sources used in academic assignments,
whether quoted or summarized. This includes all
forms of media on the Internet, such as graphics,
movies, music and text.
Plagiarism includes the use of any information
obtained from the Internet that is not properly
cited. Plagiarism of Internet resources will be
treated in the same manner as any other
incidences of plagiarism.
If a student accidentally accesses a website that
contains obscene, pornographic or otherwise
offensive material, he is to notify a teacher, the
school administration or the IT Department as
quickly as possible so that such sites can be
blocked from further access. This is not merely a
request; it is a responsibility.
Privacy, Use and Safety
Students should not give any personal
information regarding themselves or others
through e‐mail or the Internet including name,
phone number, address, passwords, etc. Receipt
of messages by unknown senders should be
reported to the administration.
Students are not to provide the e‐mail address or
other personal information regarding other
students, faculty or administration to anyone
without their permission.
Students must secure and maintain private
passwords for network and iPad access. This is
important in order to protect the privacy of each
student. Do NOT share personal passwords or
usernames.
Brother Rice respects the privacy of every
student, faculty member and administrator with
respect to stored files and e‐mail accounts.
However, if inappropriate use of e‐mail accounts
or the school’s network is suspected the school’s
administration has the right to view these files in
order to investigate suspected inappropriate
behavior.
Brother Rice will monitor iPad activities, including
logging website access, newsgroup access,
bandwidth and overall network use.
Students are prohibited from accessing faculty
and staff’s file servers for any reason.
Students are prohibited from using any method
to obtain control of another person’s iPad or
AppleTV through the use of their own iPad.
Students are prohibited from utilizing peer‐to‐
peer networking or any method of file sharing
unless authorized by the technology staff.
No identifiable photographs of students, faculty
or staff will be allowed to be published on the
Internet or used in print without appropriate
written consent. Concerning a student,
appropriate, written consent means a signature
by a parent or legal guardian of the student.
Cyber‐bullying is the use of electronic information
and communication devices to willfully harm a
person or persons through any electronic
medium, such as text, audio, photos or videos.
Examples of this behavior include, but are not
limited to:
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Sending/posting false, cruel, hurtful or
vicious messages/comments.
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Creating or contributing to websites that
have stories, cartoons, pictures and jokes
ridiculing others.
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Breaking into an e‐mail account and
sending vicious or embarrassing materials
to others.
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Engaging someone in electronic
communication, tricking that person into
revealing sensitive personal information
and forwarding that information to
others.
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Posting of a student picture without their
permission.
Any electronic communication that creates a
hostile, disruptive environment on the school
campus is a violation of the student’s and of the
staff member’s right to be safe and secure.
Actions deliberately threatening, harassing or
intimidating an individual or group of individuals;
placing an individual in reasonable fear of harm;
damaging an individual’s property; or disrupting
the orderly operation of the school will not be
tolerated.
The iPads that are provided by Brother Rice
continue to be the property of the school.
Therefore, the school has the right to view all
content at any time.
Any electronic device used on the school
network, even if privately owned, is subject to all
policies and consequences of the Acceptable Use
Policy, including the right to view the content of
the device at any time, the right to remove
content from the device and the right to retain
the device in the school’s possession if there is an
infraction to the Acceptable Use Policy that
deserves that consequence, as determined by the
schools’ administration.
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