**This is directly from the Board Policy of the Clay County Educational Foundation Student Handbook** Goal of Oak Hill Academy's Internet Access: To make available to the faculty and students at Oak Hill Academy the vast potential resources available via the Internet as a research and teaching tool, while at the same time maintaining the school's overall goals and objectives. Objectives of these guidelines: 1. To make both parents and students aware of the significance of the students' actions regarding their use/misuse of the Internet. 2. To release the school in general and faculty members in particular from any liability that might arise from a student's use/misuse of the Internet capabilities available at Oak Hill Academy. 3. To Educate the students regarding both the positive and the negative uses of the Internet, incorporating into that education the ethics of proper use of the Internet. Accounts: 1. Students must receive instruction in the proper use of the Internet before being allowed access. 2. Use of the Internet will be strictly monitored by the lab instructor and the classroom teacher. 3. Use of the Internet by students will be for the purpose of improving research skills, supplementing the resources available to them through the school library, and enhancing students' knowledge of emerging technology. 4. Oak Hill Academy reserves the right to terminate at any time the access of any student who does not comply with the guidelines set forth in this document. Files: 1. Students must monitor all materials which they themselves receive/send via the Internet. Specifically, no pornographic materials, no dangerous or inflammatory materials, no obscene or profane materials, no suggestive materials or materials with sexual connotations, and/or text encoded materials that are potentially dangerous to the integrity of the network shall be allowed. 2. Students are responsible for reporting to the supervising teacher any questionable materials found/received while their classmates or they are using the Internet. 3. School officials have the right to monitor and/or remove Internet access at all times. 4. Any costs incurred because of negligence or malicious use of the Internet system by a student will be paid for by that student. Software: 1. Students are responsible for maintaining the integrity of all software currently installed on the Oak Hill Academy network. Specifically, a student is never to attempt to access software not available to him\her. 2. Any incident of attempted or successful computer "hacking", whether it be via the Internet, in the OHA business records, student records, or any other software, will be dealt with severely and may result in a student's expulsion because of the potentially criminal nature of such offenses. Students must understand that any action of this nature in not simply childish fun-- it can have severe repercussions in the real world, as it is a criminal offense. 3. Students have the responsibility of keeping copyrighted software of any kind (particularly games) from entering the school via the Internet or home. Instructional Information: Students must always be in compliance with ethical, moral, and legal standards of behavior when using the internet. These standards include, but are not limited to, such things as never violating another person's right of privacy by accessing that person's files and never using the network for financial gain. Prior to receiving permission to use the internet, all students will be given the following information. 1. Use of the Internet is done on the school's equipment and must be operated with this premise in mind. 2. Not everything a student sees or hears on the Internet is necesarily true. 3. Students shall keep personal information (i.e. phone numbers, addresses, etc.) private and off the Internet. 4. Students shall be brief and to the point, thinking carefully before typing any message. 5. Students shall not advertise nor send junk mail using the Internet. 6. No service file or account shall ever be accessed illegally 7. When using a listserve, students should keep in mind the purpose of that list and not stray from the point. 8. Plagiarism will not be tolerated. 9. Copyright law shall be adhered to in all cases. 10. Students should avoid using all CAPS in e-mail messages as this is considered shouting at the receiver of the message. 11. Students must keep in mind that any information sent or received over the Internet is public information.