In the Entiat School District, your child has access to the district's computer network and to the Internet. Access to the Internet will enable your child to explore thousands of libraries and databases throughout the world and allow your child to communicate with other schools, colleges, organizations, and individuals. The Internet allows your child to reach out to many other people to share information, learn concepts, and research subjects. These are significant learning opportunities that may help prepare your child for the future.

With this educational opportunity also comes responsibility. When your child is given a password to use on the computer, it is extremely important that the rules are followed. Inappropriate use will result in the loss of the privilege to use this educational tool, and other disciplinary action as outlined later in this letter.

Please stress to your child the importance of using only his or her password, and of keeping it a secret from other students. Students should never let anyone else use their password to access the network. They are responsible for activity that happens through access with their passwords.

Families should be warned that some materials accessible via the Internet may contain items that are illegal, defamatory, inaccurate, or potentially offensive to some people. While our intent is to make Internet access available to further educational goals and objective, students may find ways to access other materials as well. Based upon our established School Board Policy #2022 (Electronic Information Systems), we believe that the benefits to students from access to the Internet, in the form of information resources and opportunities for collaboration, exceed any disadvantages. To assist in the effort to protect students from exposure to undesireable web sites, the Entiat School District has purchased network software to filter inappropriate content so that it does not reach our students. This filter however, provides only a minimum of protection. Visual supervision by all classroom teachers, combined with educating students regarding the proper way to use the Internet, provides the most positive and effective means to make the Internet a safe and useful educational tool. Of course, parents and guardians of minors are ultimately responsible for setting and conveying the standards that their children should follow when using media and information sources at school and at home.

The Entiat School District supports and respects each family's right to decide whether or not to apply for student access to the Internet.

If you have any questions, please contact the Entiat Technology Coordinator at 784-1911.

Supervision provided by grade level

Grades K-4: Limited use for specific projects by teacher request.Web sites will be determined by teacher.
Grades 5-6: Use will be project focused, adult directed and supervised. Web sites will be limited.
Grades 7-8: Use will be adult directed and monitored. Web sites will not be limited, but students use will be monitored.
Grades 9-12: Students will have independent use but on-line computers will be monitore. Web sites will not be limited.