Gmail and Google Drive can both be set to work offline, allowing you the ability to create or edit existing information when not connected to WIFI. Then, once you are connected, all changes will be synced. This is a Google Drive setting that needs to be activated.

Fortunately, there are locations on Bainbridge Island that offer free WIFI, including the Kitsap Regional Library and much of the downtown corridor (Winslow and Madison Ave).

In addition, many business also offer WIFI including, Safeway, Starbucks, Pegasus, Marketplace, and Treehouse Cafe to name a few.

Students and parents will be responsible for district-owned technology that is issued to them, just as they are for other district-owned items such as textbooks, athletic equipment, or library books. The district will repair or replace the device, but students and parents will be responsible for the cost of those repairs or replaced devices. However, the liability on families/students can be reduced significantly by taking part in an optional Chromebook Insurance Program through Worth Ave Group

Click here to learn more about the optional insurance program.

Each Chromebook is tagged with a sticker with the student’s name and school on it. Additionally, district asset tags with barcodes will be on each device and each device has a serial number. The district keeps all that data; as a result, if a Chromebook is misplaced, we can determine to whom it is assigned to get it back to the student.

Any ID stickers that are on the Chromebook when issued must stay on the Chromebook. No additional markings of any kind (stickers, engraving, permanent ink pen, tape, etc.) shall be placed on the Chromebook at any time. While the devices are issued to students, they are still district-owned property. Additional permanent markings on the device will be considered vandalism.

If a student forgets the Chromebook at home, they will be allowed to call their parent/guardian to bring it to school. This should occur before the school day starts or at lunchtime to reduce distractions. If a parent or guardian can’t bring the device to school, a student can sign out a loaner from the library.

Since the applications run through the browser and online, there is little concern that viruses will infect the Chromebooks software or hardware.

There are ways to print from the Chromebooks at home, but it’s not encouraged, nor particularly easy. For students, printing of schoolwork should be done at school through designated printing stations.

There are many educational apps available for Chromebooks covering a wide variety of subject areas. Only apps and extensions approved by the district can be downloaded from the Web Store by students.

Yes. See this Google Help Page for assistance with connecting.

Yes. But you must carry your device is a sturdy protective case outside of the classroom. And you must return the original bag to us at the end of the school year.

Certainly. But make sure it is appropriate.

Yes, if supported by your eBook provider. Some tools are: Kindle Cloud Reader, MackinVIA app, Nook (for the web), and maybe some other ways. Android apps do NOT work at this time. Apps and extensions need to be approved; so, contact your building tech if you'd like to request one be “unblocked”.

Yes, any student with a frogrock account would be able to log onto the device. To minimize opportunities that could lead to damage, we ask that the devices are not shared. To make sure you’re the only user of your account, please close the lid or push the lock button to put your device to sleep if stepping away from it.

Report a missing Chromebook to your tech contact as soon as it’s misplaced. They can help you locate the item. After 24 hours they can disable the device.

Transportation Staff have been asked to return any found devices to the Transportation Office (Bus Barn), which will then be mailed back to the school.