Central Catholic High School’s goal in providing technology access to teachers, staff members, and students, is to promote educational excellence at the school by facilitating resource sharing, innovation, and communication. Technology is provided for educational and professional or career development activities.

Central Catholic recognizes the need to educate young people in the ethical and effective use of technology. Computers, software, technology devices, internet access, and technology support services are available to students to support the accomplishment of educational goals.

With this opportunity comes responsibility. Students must know and agree to follow the school’s policy regarding the use of technology. Students must complete the following clearance process before using any computer at Central Catholic High School:

1. Read and sign a copy of the Acceptable Use of Technology Student/Guardian Agreement form

2. Signed agreement form at the time of enrollment

   • The school has the right to intervene with writings and postings on internet blogs, e-mails, text messages, social media platforms, web sites, etc. that contain harassing or threatening statements or references to illegal activities

   • It is not appropriate for students or parents/guardians to use the Central Catholic name, logo, post pictures of Central Catholic faculty, staff, or other students, or make derogatory comments about faculty, staff, or other students

Users are responsible for the use of their individual accounts and should take all reasonable precautions to prevent others from accessing their resources. 

Students/users:

1. Are expected to create a secure password (at least eight (8) characters long including at least one (1) number) for all school accounts.

2. Will not share their passwords with others.

3. Will immediately notify the faculty member in charge if they have identified a possible security problem.

4. May connect personal laptops only to the student network.

5. Will not attempt to circumvent Central Catholic’s security resources to gain unauthorized access to technology resources.

Computer systems and their information, including electronic files and email contained on them, are the sole property of the school. The school may monitor the use of the computer network, internet, and email at any time at the school’s sole discretion.

All new students are required to purchase a laptop through Central Catholic (regardless of your grade level) during your first year of enrollment. Students are fully responsible for their devices, including for the content contained on them. Lost or stolen devices are not covered under warranty and Central Catholic High School is not responsible for replacing. 

Students/users:

1. Will not post information that, if acted upon, could cause damage to people or property, or could create a substantial disruption of the school environment.

2. Will not use obscene, profane, lewd, vulgar, rude, inflammatory, threatening, or disrespectful language.

3. Will not engage in personal attacks, including prejudicial or discriminatory attacks.

4. Will not harass other individuals. If the user is asked to stop sending messages to them, they must comply.

5. Will not post false or defamatory information about individuals or organizations.

6. Will not post chain letters or engage in “spamming.”

7. May not visit online social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat.

8. May not attempt to circumvent Central Catholic’s network policy access through the use of proxies or other methods.

9. May not engage in financial transactions when using a school computer.

10. May not use another’s account or password.

11. Will not play unauthorized games or visit game sites.

12. Will not use the school network to gain access to material that is obscene (pornography), that advocates illegal acts, or that advocates violence or discrimination towards others (hate literature).

Use of the name “Central Catholic,” “Central Catholic Rams,” or “Central Catholic High School” or the Central Catholic logo or mascot images is prohibited except by specific permission of the President, Principal, or Director of Communications and Marketing. 

School Web Pages: The school is responsible for managing all school related web pages. All official material originating from the school will be consistent in style and content and approved by a staff member.

Student Web Pages: Students may create a web page as part of a class activity under the supervision of their teacher. Material presented on a student class activity web page must meet the educational objectives of the class activity. Students will be required to remove material that fails to meet established educational objectives, the school’s mission or goals, or that is in violation of a provision of the school’s technology use regulation or student disciplinary code. Co-curricular organization web pages outside of the Central Catholic website are not permitted.

Social Media: Social Media is defined as forms of electronic communication (such as websites for social networking and microblogging) through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content (such as videos). When using social media, both on-campus and off-campus, students are expected to observe and follow all policies listed in this Handbook. See Section 10.

Students/users:

1. Will not make deliberate attempts to disrupt any computer system or destroy data.

2. Will not use the school network or computer resources to engage in an illegal act.

3. May not attempt to bypass content filters or bandwidth limitations.

4. May only run programs provided by the system administrators.

5. May not install or download programs or other executable files on school computers or devices.

In the event a student has violated the school’s computer or internet use policy, computer privileges will be suspended until further notice. The Dean of Student Management, Safety, and Security will define disciplinary actions that will be implemented to address specific concerns related to the violation. If the violation also involves a violation of other provisions in the Student Handbook, the violation will be handled according to the disciplinary procedures described in the handbook.

A technology rich environment supports our students in becoming independent learners. Central Catholic develops critical thinkers who are the best version of themselves, prepared for where their gifts meet the world.

Freshmen are required to purchase a Dell Latitude 7450 device through the school purchase program. 

You can read more about the specifications here: Dell Latitude 7450 Specs. Families have the option to purchase the device in one payment or divide the cost over eleven payments using our tuition payment system. Please contact our Student Billing Specialist at accountsrec@centralcatholichigh.org if you need to request extended terms to financially assist in the purchase of a device.

Until a family has paid for their student’s device in full, the device is considered a “loaner” from Central Catholic. If the student withdraws from Central Catholic at any time before full payment occurs, one of the following will happen:

1. After officially withdrawing from Central Catholic, the family agrees to pay the balance owed on the device in order to retain ownership of the device.

2. Or, after officially withdrawing from Central Catholic, the family agrees to return the device in good working condition to the Central Catholic Technology department and forfeit any payments that have been made. If the device is not in good working condition, the family is required to pay the balance in full.

3. Lost or stolen devices are not covered by replacement insurance.

4. The keyboard, protective case, and stylus are not covered under the replacement insurance.

Students will not plagiarize works that they find on the internet and other electronic media. Plagiarism is the representation of work or ideas not originally your own as if they were original to you, or presenting that work or ideas without proper acknowledgment of the original source. Plagiarism includes unacknowledged / inappropriate use of Generative AI. 

Students will respect the rights of copyright owners. 

Copyright infringement occurs when an individual inappropriately reproduces a work that is protected by a copyright. If a work contains language that specifies acceptable use of that work, the user should follow the expressed requirements. If users are unsure whether or not they may use a work, they should request permission from the copyright owner or consult the Librarian or faculty member in charge for guidance. 

When students use the internet for research, students will be required to use approved filters or proper citation for their work as outlined in Central Catholic’s Acceptable Internet Use Policy.