Network, Internet and Electronic Mail Permission Form

St. Ignatius School

Acceptable Use Policy

Internet access is now available to the community at St. Ignatius School and Parish. Our goal in providing this service to the community is to promote educational excellence through resource sharing, innovation, and communication. Our connection provides direct access to the Internet, an "electronic highway" connecting millions of computer and computer users all over the world.

Access to computers and people all over the world makes material available that could be considered to be without educational value in the school setting. The St. Ignatius School and Parish staff have taken precautions to restrict access to inappropriate material. Smooth operation of the network relies upon the proper conduct of the end users. This document establishes guidelines for users accessing the Internet through St. Ignatius School and Parish. It is the users responsibility to use the Internet in an efficient, ethical and legal manner.

By signature on the attached form the user acknowledges his/her responsibility and agrees to abide by our Acceptable Use Policy. Violation of these guidelines will be cause to terminate a users privileges and could result in disciplinary consequences.

Acceptable Use

The use of your account must be for educational, research or St. Ignatius School and Parish activities and be consistent with the educational objectives of the St. Ignatius School and Parish. Use of other organization's networks or computing resources must comply with the rules appropriate for that network. All illegal activities such as transmission of any material in violation of any U.S. or state regulation are prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to copyrighted material, threatening or obscene material or material protected by trade secret. Product advertisement or political lobbying is prohibited.

2. Privileges

The system administrator will use the Acceptable Use Policy to determine what constitutes inappropriate use. An account will be closed at any time for violations of the Acceptable Use Policy. The administration, faculty, and staff of St. Ignatius School and Parish may request the system administrator to deny, revoke, or suspend specific user accounts.

3. Netiquette

Users are expected to abide by generally accepted rules of network etiquette. These include (but are not limited to) the following:

• The school or parish owns all equipment and has the right to search any of it at any time for any reason.
• There is no Internet privacy.
• Electronic mail (e-mail) is not guaranteed to be private. People who operate the system do have access to all mail.
• Be polite - do not write or send abusive harassing, insulting or attacking messages to others.
• Use appropriate language - do not swear, use vulgarities or any other inappropriate language.
• Do not Send or display offensive messages or pictures
• Damaging computers, computer systems or computer networks is not allowed
• Violating copyright laws is not allowed
• Using another's password is not allowed
• Trespassing in another's folders, work or files is not allowed
• Intentionally wasting limited resources is not allowed.  Playing games is prohibited unless authorized by the teacher for educational purposes.
• Employing the network for commercial purposes is not allowed
• Electronic mail (e-mail) is not guaranteed to be private. People who operate the system do have access to all mail.
• Messages relating to or in support of illegal activities will be reported to the authorities.
• Be respectful of other users - do not use the network in such a way to disrupt use by others (such as downloading huge files during prime time, sending mass e-mail messages, or annoying other users).
• Respect the privacy of other users - all communications and information should be assumed to be private property.
• Keep your, fellow students, and colleague's personal addresses and phone numbers private.

4. Security

Security on any computer is a high priority, especially when the system involves many users. If you feel you can identify a security problem, notify the system administrator in person or by e-mail (admin@stignatius.org).

• Do not demonstrate the problem to other users.
• Use only your account; use of another individual's account requires written permission from that individual.
• Keep your password private; do not share it with anyone.
• Log in to the system with your personal login, not with another person's login.
• Personal e-mail accounts are not to be accessed using the St. Ignatius Network.  Students are not allowed to use e-mail on campus.  
• There will be no connection of electronic devices of any kind to the network without prior  permission of the Network Administrator.  This includes, but is not exclusive to computers, hand held devices, compact disks and flash drives 
• Students are not to use personal cell phones on campus without permission.  Capturing and/or transmitting images without administrative permission is not allowed.
• Any user identified as a security risk or having a history of problems can be denied access to the St. Ignatius School and Parish Internet.

5. Vandalism

Vandalism is defined as any malicious attempt to harm or destroy data of another user, of the St. Ignatius School Internet server, or any network connected to the Internet backbone. Uploading or creation of computer viruses is considered vandalism. Privileges will be revoked for vandalism.

6. Exception of Terms and Conditions ..

All terms and conditions as stated in this document are applicable to the St. Ignatius School and Parish Community. St. Ignatius School and Parish users apply for an Internet account by completing the attached form. The contract should be returned to the person from whom they received the contract. This copy of the Acceptable Use Policy is for yours to keep for reference. This contract is renewable annually.

St. Ignatius School and Parish

Acceptable Use Policy for Network and Internet

Contract for

_____________________________________________

I, ________________________________________________, have read and understand the Acceptable Use Policy and agree to all of the provisions. I understand that any violations of the above guidelines will result in immediate suspension of my Internet privileges, and that as a result of such violations further disciplinary measures may be taken.

Signed,

____________________________________

Parent/Guardian:

I, _____________________________________, am the parent/guardian of the above named student. I have read and understood the Acceptable Use Policy and I hereby give permission for my son/daughter to use the Internet provided by St. Ignatius School and Parish and understand that he/she is required to follow this policy. I further understand that there is a potential for my son/daughter to access information on the Internet that is inappropriate for high school students and that every reasonable effort will be made on the part of the faculty and staff of St. Ignatius School and Parish to restrict access to such information, but that my son/daughter is ultimately responsible for restricting himself/herself from inappropriate information.

Signed,

______________________________________ Date_______________________